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Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
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Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders Compact disc - 2006

by Neil Gaiman; Read by Neil Gaiman


Summary

A mysterious circus terrifies an audience for one extraordinary performance before disappearing into the night, taking one of the spectators along with it . . .In a novella set two years after the events of American Gods, Shadow pays a visit to an ancient Scottish mansion, and finds himself trapped in a game of murder and monsters . . .In a Hugo Award-winning short story set in a strangely altered Victorian England, the great detective Sherlock Holmes must solve a most unsettling royal murder . . .Two teenage boys crash a party and meet the girls of their dreams—and nightmares . . .In a Locus Award-winning tale, the members of an excusive epicurean club lament that they've eaten everything that can be eaten, with the exception of a legendary, rare, and exceedingly dangerous Egyptian bird . . .Such marvelous creations and more—including a short story set in the world of The Matrix, and others set in the worlds of gothic fiction and children's fiction—can be found in this extraordinary collection, which showcases Gaiman's storytelling brilliance as well as his terrifyingly entertaining dark sense of humor. By turns delightful, disturbing, and diverting, Fragile Things is a gift of literary enchantment from one of the most unique writers of our time.

From the publisher

'Fragile Things' is a collection of short stories by Neil Gaiman. It features stories within stories, whispered in ears in the quiet of the night, shouted above the roar of the day, and played out between lovers and enemies, strangers and friends.

Details

  • Title Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
  • Author Neil Gaiman; Read by Neil Gaiman
  • Binding Compact Disc
  • Edition Unabridged
  • Pages 9
  • Volumes 9
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperAudio, New York, N.Y.
  • Date September 26, 2006
  • ISBN 9780061142376 / 0061142379
  • Weight 0.58 lbs (0.26 kg)
  • Dimensions 5.86 x 5.28 x 1.57 in (14.88 x 13.41 x 3.99 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC