The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Ну и раз уж я о давних любимцах сегодня... Гейман наконец-то созрел и написал после очень долгого перерыва (7 лет!) новую книгу для взрослой аудитории. Она выходит в июне. К тому времени я, видимо, добью Роулинг на английском и примусь за Геймана, ещё на полгода :-D Хотя, может, и не на полгода, книга Геймана меньше двухсот страниц, больше похоже на повесть, чем на роман. В любом случае, я ужасно рада :) А если наши ещё и нового Макьюэна переведут, вообще настанет счастье!
Сюжет в геймановском духе, да :)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a fable that reshapes modern fantasy: moving, terrifying and elegiac-as pure as a dream, as delicate as a butterfly’s wing, as dangerous as a knife in the dark. It began for our narrator forty years ago when the family's lodger stole their car and committed suicide in it, stirring up ancient powers best left undisturbed. Dark creatures from beyond the world are on the loose, and it will take everything our narrator has just to stay alive: there is primal horror here, and menace unleashed-within his family and from the forces that have gathered to destroy it. His only defense is three women, on a farm at the end of the lane. The youngest of them claims that her duck pond is an ocean. The oldest can remember the Big Bang.
Сюжет в геймановском духе, да :)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a fable that reshapes modern fantasy: moving, terrifying and elegiac-as pure as a dream, as delicate as a butterfly’s wing, as dangerous as a knife in the dark. It began for our narrator forty years ago when the family's lodger stole their car and committed suicide in it, stirring up ancient powers best left undisturbed. Dark creatures from beyond the world are on the loose, and it will take everything our narrator has just to stay alive: there is primal horror here, and menace unleashed-within his family and from the forces that have gathered to destroy it. His only defense is three women, on a farm at the end of the lane. The youngest of them claims that her duck pond is an ocean. The oldest can remember the Big Bang.
