The Sleeper and the Spindle

Gaiman, Neil

ISBN 10: 0062398245 / ISBN 13: 9780062398246

Published by HarperCollins, New York, 2015

About this Item

1st ptg. Narrow 4to, pictorial illustrsated boards with translucent illustrated dj, art in black and gold by Chris Riddell, a revisionist retelling of Sleeping Beauty with a runaway queen taking the place of the original prince. Fine in fine, unclipped dj. Seller Inventory # 35206

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Sleeper and the Spindle

Publisher: HarperCollins, New York

Publication Date: 2015

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Riddell, Chris

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st US edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

In a beautiful collaboration, New York Times bestselling and Newbery and Carnegie Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman and Kate Greenaway-winning illustrator Chris Riddell have created a thrillingly reimagined fairy tale, "told in a way only Gaiman can" and featuring "stunning metallic artwork" (GeekInsider.com).

The result is a beautiful and coveted edition of The Sleeper and the Spindle that the Guardian calls "a refreshing, much-needed twist on a classic story."

In this captivating and darkly funny tale, Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell have twisted together the familiar and the new as well as the beautiful and the wicked to tell a brilliant version of Snow White's (sort of) and Sleeping Beauty's (almost) stories.

This story was originally published (without illustrations) in Rags & Bones (Little, Brown, 2013). This is the first time it is being published as an illustrated, stand-alone edition, and the book is a beautiful work of art.

Review:

"Gaiman and Riddell's greatest [collaboration] to date."--Tor.com

"A refreshing, much-needed twist on a classic story."--The Guardian

"Magical, sumptuous, transporting."--The Big Issue

"Unforgettable, unpredictable and utterly enchanting for anyone between the ages of seven and seventy."--Amanda Craig, The New Statesman

"A wholly original reimagining...Riddell's artwork is the reason a library should own this title in their collection. His details are exquisite."--Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

"A striking volume...thrums with malevolence and confounds our expectations...[the pictures] seem to writhe creepily on the page."--Wall Street Journal

"Unabashedly feminist...So sonically tuned that it breathes on its own from the very first line. Adding to the wonder are Chris Riddell's dazzling illustrations."--New York Times Book Review

"Told in a way only Gaiman can" and featuring "stunning metallic artwork."--GeekInsider

"Spellbindingly illustrated."--Gaby Wood, Saturday Telegraph

"A genuine treat."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)