Selections from Fragile Things, Volume Five: 7 Short Fictions and Wonders“A prodigiously imaginative collection.” —New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice
“Dazzling tales from a master of the fantastic.”
Fragile Things is a sterling collection of exceptional tales from Neil Gaiman, multiple award-winning (the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Newberry, and Eisner Awards, to name just a few), #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Graveyard Book, Anansi Boys, Coraline, and the groundbreaking Sandman graphic novel series. A uniquely imaginative creator of wonders whose unique storytelling genius has been acclaimed by a host of literary luminaries from Norman Mailer to Stephen King, Gaiman’s astonishing powers are on glorious displays in Fragile Things. Enter and be amazed! |
Contents
Pages from a Journal Found in a Shoebox Left in a Greyhound | |
Inventing Aladdin | |
About the Author | |
Common terms and phrases
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