Abarat - Hardcover

Barker, Clive

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0002259524 ISBN 13: 9780002259521

Publisher: Joanna Cotler Books, 2002

Synopsis

Hardcover First Edition Very Fine in Very Fine jacket Book. Signed by Author(s) Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. (Preceded the US edition published by HarperCollins Joanna Cotler Books in October, 2002. ) Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or ex-library copy. Signed directly on the title page by Clive Barker (not a laid-in bookplate). The first volume in a projected quartet, already optioned to Disney for $8 Million. Extensively illustrated throughout with color paintings by Barker. "[A] handsome, profusely illustrate

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Review

In Abarat, accomplished novelist and artist Clive Barker turns his considerable talents to creating a rich fantasy world for young adults.

Candy Quackenbush is growing up in Chickentown, Minnesota, yearning for more--which she finds, quite unexpectedly, when a man with eight heads appears from nowhere in the middle of the prairie, being chased by something really monstrous. And so begins Candy's epic adventure to the islands of the Abarat. Peopled by all manner of creatures, cultures, and customs, the islands should prove a fertile setting for the series that Barker is calling The Books of Abarat. Candy is an intelligent and likable heroine, and the many supporting characters are deftly drawn, both in words and in the full-color interior art that Barker has produced to give the story an extra dimension.

Abarat delivers the rich and imaginative storytelling that Barker is known for, with less overt horror or violence than one of his adult novels might include. However, Candy's path isn't an easy one, and young adult readers should appreciate the hard choices she must make along the way. --Roz Genessee

About the Author

Clive Barker is the bestselling author of twenty-two books, including the New York Times bestsellers Abarat; Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War; and The Thief of Always. He is also an acclaimed painter, film producer, and director. For twelve years Mr. Barker has been working on a vast array of paintings to illuminate the text of The Books of Abarat, more than one hundred and twenty-five of which can be found within this volume.

Mr. Barker lives in California. He shares his house with seven dogs, three cockatiels, several undomesticated geckoes, an African gray parrot called Smokey, and a yellow-headed Amazon parrot called Malingo.

Clive Barker is the bestselling author of twenty-two books, including the New York Times bestsellers Abarat; Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War; and The Thief of Always. He is also an acclaimed painter, film producer, and director. For twelve years Mr. Barker has been working on a vast array of paintings to illuminate the text of The Books of Abarat, more than one hundred and twenty-five of which can be found within this volume.

Mr. Barker lives in California. He shares his house with seven dogs, three cockatiels, several undomesticated geckoes, an African gray parrot called Smokey, and a yellow-headed Amazon parrot called Malingo.

Edition details

• Publisher: Joanna Cotler Books
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0002259524
• ISBN 13: 9780002259521
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Illus. By The Author
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 388