Sandman: Dream Hunters (The Graphic Novel) - Hardcover

Neil Gaiman

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9781848564688: Sandman: Dream Hunters (The Graphic Novel)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848564686 ISBN 13: 9781848564688

Publisher: Titan, 2009

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From the mind of Neil Gaiman, multiple award-winning and bestselling author of "Coraline", "Stardust" and "The Graveyard Book", comes a unique and haunting tale of medieval Japan, set in the realm of his classic "Sandman" series! A humble young monk and a magical, shape-changing fox find themselves romantically drawn together, but as their love blooms, the fox learns of a devilish plot to take the monk's life. Enlisting the aid of Morpheus, Lord of Dreams, the fox must use all her cunning to save the man she loves...but dreams always have their price. Released in celebration of "Sandman's" 20th anniversary, this story is beautifully illustrated by P. Craig Russell ("The Ring Cycle", "Sandman: Ramadan")!

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About the Author:

Neil Gaiman is the most critically acclaimed comics writer of the 1990s and is the author of numerous books and graphic novels. He is the New York Times No. 1 bestselling author of American Gods and Anansi Boys, and won critical acclaim for his first feature film, Mirrormask, with long-time collaborator Dave McKean. His current project is a big-screen version of his comic Death: The High Cost of Living, and his illustrated novel Stardust was recently filmed by director Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake).

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Grade 9 Up—A fox and a badger wager to see who can drive a monk from his temple. After they both try and fail, the badger departs in disgrace and the fox falls in love with the monk. When she learns that his life is in danger, she calls upon the King of All Night's Dreaming to help her save his life. If the story sounds familiar, that's because this book retells Gaiman's 1999 award-winning novella as a graphic novel. While the original story was illustrated with breathtaking watercolors by Yoshitaka Amano, this new adaptation looks more like the rest of the original "Sandman" series. It is divided into panels, characters speak in word balloons, and the artwork (especially that of the fox) is more cartoonlike. There are several advantages to this new approach—readers can see the characters and the action in better detail, the graphic-novel format may attract reluctant readers, and readers get to see Dream speak in his white-on-black word balloons again. But the disadvantage of this version is that its presence eclipses the awe-inspiring beauty of Amano's work. The Dream Hunters is equally powerful as straight text or broken up into panels, but hopefully readers will be inspired by this book to seek out the earlier version (which thankfully is still in print) and enjoy another interpretation of the artwork for this story.—Andrea Lipinski, New York Public Library
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