The Resource Half a creature from the sea : a life in stories, David Almond ; illustrated by Eleanor Taylor
Half a creature from the sea : a life in stories, David Almond ; illustrated by Eleanor Taylor
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The item Half a creature from the sea : a life in stories, David Almond ; illustrated by Eleanor Taylor represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Washington County Cooperative Library Services.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- 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."
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 222 pages
- Contents
-
- Slog's dad
- May Malone
- when God came to Cathleen's garden
- the missing link
- Harry Miller's run
- half a creature from the sea
- Joe Quinn's poltergeist
- Klaus Vogel & the bad lads
- Isbn
- 9780763678777
- Label
- Half a creature from the sea : a life in stories
- Title
- Half a creature from the sea
- Title remainder
- a life in stories
- Statement of responsibility
- David Almond ; illustrated by Eleanor Taylor
- Language
- eng
- 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."
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Almond, David
- Dewey number
- 823.92
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- For young adults
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1969-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Taylor, Eleanor
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Young adult fiction, English
- England
- Target audience
- adolescent
- Label
- Half a creature from the sea : a life in stories, David Almond ; illustrated by Eleanor Taylor
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Slog's dad
- May Malone
- when God came to Cathleen's garden
- the missing link
- Harry Miller's run
- half a creature from the sea
- Joe Quinn's poltergeist
- Klaus Vogel & the bad lads
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 222 pages
- Isbn
- 9780763678777
- Lccn
- 2015931431
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- 2360683
- (OCoLC)900179880
- (OCoLC)ocn900179880
- 2356379
- 2360683
- Label
- Half a creature from the sea : a life in stories, David Almond ; illustrated by Eleanor Taylor
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Slog's dad
- May Malone
- when God came to Cathleen's garden
- the missing link
- Harry Miller's run
- half a creature from the sea
- Joe Quinn's poltergeist
- Klaus Vogel & the bad lads
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 222 pages
- Isbn
- 9780763678777
- Lccn
- 2015931431
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- 2360683
- (OCoLC)900179880
- (OCoLC)ocn900179880
- 2356379
- 2360683
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