For use in schools and libraries only. A brilliantly imaginative and poignant fairy tale from the modern master of wonder and terror, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is Neil Gaiman's first new novel for adults since his #1 New York Times bestseller Anansi Boys. This bewitching and harrowing tale of mystery and survival, and memory and magic, makes the impossible all too real.

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

A brilliantly imaginative and poignant fairy tale from the modern master of wonder and terror, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is Neil Gaiman’s first new novel for adults since his #1 New York Times bestseller Anansi Boys. This bewitching and harrowing tale of mystery and survival, and memory and magic, makes the impossible all too real...

A special illustrated edition of The Ocean at the End of the Lane, the bestselling magical novel from master storyteller Neil Gaiman. Breathtaking black-and-white illustrations throughout by fine artist and illustrator, Elise Hurst. 'Both a pitch-perfect fantasy and a moving examination of childhood memories and their effects on our adult selves ... superb' The Times 'Some books you read. Some books you enjoy. But some books just swallow you up, heart and soul' Joanne Harris This is what he remembers, as he sits by the ocean at the end of the lane: A dead man on the back seat of the car, and warm milk at the farmhouse. An ancient little girl, and an old woman who saw the moon being made. A beautiful housekeeper with a monstrous smile. And dark forces woken that were best left undisturbed. They are memories hard to believe, waiting at the edge of things. The recollections of a man who thought he was lost but is now, perhaps, remembering a time when he was saved...

"""SAMUDRA DI UJUNG JALAN SETAPAK adalah fabel yang membentuk ulang kisah fantasi modern: menggugah, menakutkan, dan puitis---semurni mimpi, segetas sayap kupu-kupu, dari pencerita genius Neil Gaiman. Kisahnya dimulai empat puluh tahun silam, ketika pemondok di rumah keluarga sang Pencerita mencuri mobil mereka dan bunuh diri di dalamnya. Peristiwa ini membangkitkan kekuatan-kekuatan purba yang seharusnya dibiarkan tak terusik. Makhluk-makhluk gelap dari dunia seberang kini lepas, dan sang Pencerita harus mengerahkan segala daya upayanya agar bisa bertahan hidup: ada kengerian yang nyata di sini, dan kuasa jahat yang terlepas---di dalam keluarganya dan dari kekuatan-kekuatan yang bersatu untuk menghancurkannya. Yang bisa melindunginya hanyalah tiga perempuan yang tinggal di pertanian ujung jalan. Perempuan yang paling muda menyatakan kolam bebeknya adalah samudra. Perempuan yang paling tua mengaku pernah menyaksikan peristiwa Ledakan Besar. SAMUDRA DI UJUNG JALAN SETAPAK adalah fabel yang membentuk ulang kisah fantasi modern: menggugah, menakutkan, dan puitis---semurni mimpi, segetas sayap kupukupu, dari pencerita genius Neil Gaiman. Kisahnya dimulai empat puluh tahun silam, ketika pemondok di rumah keluarga sang Pencerita mencuri mobil mereka dan bunuh diri di dalamnya. Peristiwa ini membangkitkan kekuatan-kekuatan purba yang seharusnya dibiarkan tak terusik. Makhluk-makhluk gelap dari dunia seberang kini lepas, dan sang Pencerita harus mengerahkan segala daya upayanya agar bisa bertahan hidup: ada kengerian yang nyata di sini, dan kuasa jahat yang terlepas---di dalam keluarganya dan dari kekuatan-kekuatan yang bersatu untuk menghancurkannya. Yang bisa melindunginya hanyalah tiga perempuan yang tinggal di pertanian ujung jalan. Perempuan yang paling muda menyatakan kolam bebeknya adalah samudra. Perempuan yang paling tua mengaku pernah menyaksikan peristiwa Ledakan Besar. """

The Ocean at The End of The Lane - Samudra di Ujung Jalan

"A novel about the truths—some wonderful, some terrible—that children know and adults do not.” —Time Magazine “They say you cannot go home again, and that is as true as a knife . . .” A man returns to the site of his childhood home where, years before, he knew a girl named Lettie Hempstock who showed him the most marvelous, dangerous, and outrageous things, but when he gets there he learns that nothing is as he remembered. Wondrous, imaginative, impossible, and at times deeply scary, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is classic Neil Gaiman and has captured the hearts of readers everywhere.

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The Ocean at the End of the Lane Comparative Workbook HL17