Description
Beautifully illustrated by renowned artist Eddie Campbell, this is a four-colour edition of Neil Gaiman's award-winning novelette "The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains"- a haunting story of family, the otherworld, and a search for hidden treasure.
The text of The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains was first published in the collection Stories: All New Tales (Headline, 2010). This gorgeous full-colour illustrated book version was born of a unique collaboration between writer Neil Gaiman and artist Eddie Campbell, who brought to vivid life the characters and landscape of Gaiman's story.
In August 2010, The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains was performed in the concert hall of the Sydney Opera House to a sell-out crowd - Gaiman read his tale live as Campbell's magnificent artwork was presented, scene by scene, on large screens. Narrative and art were accompanied by live music composed and performed especially for the story by the FourPlay String Quartet.
The text of The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains was first published in the collection Stories: All New Tales (Headline, 2010). This gorgeous full-colour illustrated book version was born of a unique collaboration between writer Neil Gaiman and artist Eddie Campbell, who brought to vivid life the characters and landscape of Gaiman's story.
In August 2010, The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains was performed in the concert hall of the Sydney Opera House to a sell-out crowd - Gaiman read his tale live as Campbell's magnificent artwork was presented, scene by scene, on large screens. Narrative and art were accompanied by live music composed and performed especially for the story by the FourPlay String Quartet.
Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
74 pages
Language
English
Published
Jun 17, 2014
Publisher
Headline
Editions
19 editions
ISBN-10
1472221079
ISBN-13
9781472221070
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Great story, as always from Gaiman. He seems at his best with short stories. However, I'm not a fan of art in this edition. The style gives the sense of being sloppy and unskillful. It distracts from the story rather than adding to it. I'd suggest reading the story itself elsewhere. It's available online (http://www.fiftytwostories.com/?p=1338) or in the anthology [b:Stories: All-New Tales|7637398|Stories All-New Tales|Neil Gaiman|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1313766900s/7637398.jpg|10157640].I'm not sure if regret buying this, but I am glad that I read the unadorned version of the story first.
June 20th 2014