![]() ![]() Neil ponders the truth of fiction and the power of stories (and why we tell them) and offers his own profiles of and insights into writers who have influenced him, including C. In prose that's analytical yet playful, erudite yet accessible, Neil explores a broad range of interests and topics, including (but not limited to) authors past and present music storytelling comics bookshops travel fairy tales America inspiration libraries ghosts and the title piece, at turns touching and self-deprecating, which recounts his experiences at the 2010 Academy Awards in Hollywood. ![]() Some of them are serious, and some of them are frivolous, and some of them are earnest, and some of them I wrote to try to make people listen." It is, instead, a motley bunch of speeches and articles, introductions and essays. Now The View from the Cheap Seats brings together, for the first time ever, more than 60 works of his outstanding nonfiction on topics and people close to his heart.Īs Neil explains, "This book is not 'the complete nonfiction of Neil Gaiman'. ![]() An enthralling collection of nonfiction pieces on myriad topics - from art and artists to dreams, myths, and memories to comics, films, and literature - observed in award-winning number-one New York Times best-selling Neil Gaiman's probing, amusing, and distinctive style.Īn inquisitive observer, thoughtful commentator, and assiduous craftsman, Neil Gaiman has long been celebrated for the sharp intellect and startling imagination that informs his fiction. ![]()
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