Coraline

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Como fazer uma dark fantasy por Neil Gaiman

2 years, 10 months ago at Jun 3 17:23

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Coraline de Neil Gaiman é uma dessas histórias de fantasia obscura parecidas com Labirinto do Fauno que envolve uma garotinha enfrentando monstros tétricos, onde usa mundos imaginários e mágicos como refúgio do mundo real que, em geral ou é tedioso ou horrível no caso do Labirinto do Fauno existe a guerra civil e aqui há simplesmente um mundo entediante e cinza que narra a história de um... read more

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Description: Amazon.com Review Coraline lives with her preoccupied parents in part of a huge old house--a house so huge that other people live in it, too... round, old former actresses Miss Spink and Miss Forcible and their aging Highland terriers ("We trod the boards, luvvy") and the mustachioed old man under the roof ("'The reason you cannot see the mouse circus,' said the man upstairs, 'is that the mice are not yet ready and rehearsed.'") Coraline contents herself for weeks with exploring the vast garden and grounds. But with a little rain she becomes bored--so bored that she begins to count everything blue (153), the Amazon.com Review
Coraline lives with her preoccupied parents in part of a huge old house--a house so huge that other people live in it, too... round, old former actresses Miss Spink and Miss Forcible and their aging Highland terriers ("We trod the boards, luvvy") and the mustachioed old man under the roof ("'The reason you cannot see the mouse circus,' said the man upstairs, 'is that the mice are not yet ready and rehearsed.'") Coraline contents herself for weeks with exploring the vast garden and grounds. But with a little rain she becomes bored--so bored that she begins to count everything blue (153), the windows (21), and the doors (14). And it is the 14th door that--sometimes blocked with a wall of bricks--opens up for Coraline into an entirely alternate universe. Now, if you're thinking fondly of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe or Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, you're on the wrong track. Neil Gaiman's Coraline is far darker, far stranger, playing on our deepest fears. And, like Roald Dahl's work, it is delicious.

What's on the other side of the door? A distorted-mirror world, containing presumably everything Coraline has ever dreamed of... people who pronounce her name correctly (not "Caroline"), delicious meals (not like her father's overblown "recipes"), an unusually pink and green bedroom (not like her dull one), and plenty of horrible (very un-boring) marvels, like a man made out of live rats. The creepiest part, however, is her mirrored parents, her "other mother" and her "other father"--people who look just like her own parents, but with big, shiny, black button eyes, paper-white skin... and a keen desire to keep her on their side of the door. To make creepy creepier, Coraline has been illustrated masterfully in scritchy, terrifying ink drawings by British mixed-media artist and Sandman cover illustrator Dave McKean. This delightful, funny, haunting, scary as heck, fairy-tale novel is about as fine as they come. Highly recommended. (Ages 11 and older) --Karin Snelson

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Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Release date: 1 July 2002
ISBN-10 : 0380977788 | ISBN-13: 9780380977789

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"Written by: Neil Gaiman Illustrations by: Dave McKean Cover by; Paul A. Hoaling Published: January 24, 2004 Publishers: HarperCollins, Bloomsbury Number of Pages: 163 “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” "

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Como fazer uma dark fantasy por Neil Gaiman

“Coraline de Neil Gaiman é uma dessas histórias de fantasia obscura parecidas com Labirinto do Fauno que envolve uma garotinha enfrentando monstros tétricos, onde usa mundos imaginários e mágicos como refúgio do mundo real que, em geral ou é tedioso ou horrível no caso do Labirinto do Fauno existe a guerra civil e aqui há simplesmente um mundo entediante e cinza que narra a história de uma menina cínica chamada... Coraline! Wow, que se vê extremamente entediada após seus pais se mudarem para um lugar onde ela não conhecia nada e que havia pouca ou nula coisa para fazer. Somado a isso temos também uma relação fria e seca com os seus pais que termina aumentando seu tédio até que encontra uma portinhola em na casa e a partir daí é teleportada para outro mundo, nesse mundo ” read more