Norse Mythology ~ SIGNED TO TITLE PAGE
por Gaiman, Neil
- Novo
- Capa dura
- Assinado
- first
- Condição
- Novo/New
- ISBN 10
- 039360909X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393609097
- Livreiro
-
Daphne, Alabama, United States
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SCARCE SIGNED! FIRST EDITION, later printing. Book is brand new and unread. Personally hand signed by Mr. Gaiman directly to the full title page! NOT a tip in. NOT a bookplate. Dust jacket hand covered in protective archival grade Mylar for many worry free years of reading/collecting! Photos available upon request.
Introducing an instant classic―master storyteller Neil Gaiman presents a dazzling version of the great Norse myths.
Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction. Now he turns his attention back to the source, presenting a bravura rendition of the great northern tales.
In Norse Mythology, Gaiman stays true to the myths in envisioning the major Norse pantheon: Odin, the highest of the high, wise, daring, and cunning; Thor, Odin's son, incredibly strong yet not the wisest of gods; and Loki―son of a giant―blood brother to Odin and a trickster and unsurpassable manipulator.
Gaiman fashions these primeval stories into a novelistic arc that begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds and delves into the exploits of deities, dwarfs, and giants. Once, when Thor's hammer is stolen, Thor must disguise himself as a woman―difficult with his beard and huge appetite―to steal it back. More poignant is the tale in which the blood of Kvasir―the most sagacious of gods―is turned into a mead that infuses drinkers with poetry. The work culminates in Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods and rebirth of a new time and people.
Through Gaiman's deft and witty prose emerge these gods with their fiercely competitive natures, their susceptibility to being duped and to duping others, and their tendency to let passion ignite their actions, making these long-ago myths breathe pungent life again.
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- Livreiro
- Books On The Boulevard (US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 991
- Título
- Norse Mythology ~ SIGNED TO TITLE PAGE
- Autor
- Gaiman, Neil
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Novo
- Condição de sobrecapa
- New
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First Hardcover Signed
- ISBN 10
- 039360909X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393609097
- Editorial
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Local de publicação
- New York
- Data de publicação
- 2017
- Palavras-chave
- signed; collectible; autographed, novel, graveyard book, norse mythology
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