Bibliograph

Half a creature from the sea, a life in stories, David Almond ; illustrated by Eleanor Taylor

Type

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Half a creature from the sea, a life in stories, David Almond ; illustrated by Eleanor Taylor

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

For young adults

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Half a creature from the sea

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

922000922

Responsibility statement

David Almond ; illustrated by Eleanor Taylor

Sub title

a life in stories

Summary

An anthology of dark, powerful and moving short stories from master storyteller David Almond, inspired by his childhood in the north-east of England. It features coming of age stories on the theme of closeness to home, deftly interwoven with illuminating autobiographical pieces on the inspirations behind the fiction. David Almond says of this unique collection, "Stories on the page are so beautifully neat. All that lovely black print; those lovely straight lines and paragraphs and pages. But stories are living things, creatures that move and grow in the imaginations of writer and reader. They must be solid and touchable, like the land, and must have fluid half-known depths, like the sea. These stories take place in a real world - but in fiction, real worlds merge with dreamed worlds. Real people walk with ghosts and figments. Earthly truth goes hand-in-hand with watery lies."

Target audience

adolescent

Classification

Contributor

Creator