Half a creature from the sea : a life in stories

Almond, David 1951- (author.). Taylor, Eleanor, 1969- (illustrator.).

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."--Amazon.ca.

Record details

ISBN: 9780763678777
ISBN: 0763678775
Physical Description: print
222 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2015.
Copyright: ©2015.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Target Audience Note:	Young adult.