Tämä sivusto käyttää evästeitä palvelujen toimittamiseen, toiminnan parantamiseen, analytiikkaan ja (jos et ole kirjautunut sisään) mainostamiseen. Käyttämällä LibraryThingiä ilmaiset, että olet lukenut ja ymmärtänyt käyttöehdot ja yksityisyydensuojakäytännöt. Sivujen ja palveluiden käytön tulee olla näiden ehtojen ja käytäntöjen mukaista.
Pieni kertomus, jossa on kaikki oikean kauhutarinan elementit: Synkkä ilta, takkatuli, tarinankertoja, prinssejä ja prinsessoja, susilauma, sielun myyntiä paholaiselle ja pieni tyttö, jolla on hyvä sydän.
A short, strange, dark little clockwork fairy tale, featuring fascinating, creepily blurred black-and-white illustrations. It's definitely aimed at kids -- at least, at kids who enjoy darker and scarier stuff than their parents probably think they should, which I'm betting is a lot of kids -- but it's also an interesting read for adults, with an odd, vaguely meta story-within-a-story-but-it's-all-the-same-story structure. Despite an ending that was perhaps a bit disappointingly pat, I enjoyed it a lot, and boy do the illustrations really add to the atmosphere. ( )
I really like some of Philip Pullman's works. This one was fine but definitely for the younger audience. It was an amusing and short moralistic tale. I was glad it was short. ( )
This was a quick purchase from a daily deal on Audible again, picked up because I recognized Pullman's name on it. I found this to be beautiful and archaic. There focus on time, clocks, and winding was lovely and here throughout the whole piece. I loved how the story was both being told and being lived, and how they collided, and how the ending was more of a door still swinging in the wind than one that was left open or closed entirely.
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
The stars move still, time runs, the clock will strike, the devil will come, and Faustus must be damn'd... -- Christopher Marlowe, Dr. Faustus
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Ensimmäiset sanat
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
Once upon a time (when time ran by clockwork) a strange event took place in a little German town.
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Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
"What did he look like, this philosopher of the night? He was very tall and thin, with a prominent nose and jaw. His eyes blazed like coals in caverns of darkness. His hair was long and gray, and he wore a black cloak with a loose hood like that of a mink; he had a harsh, grating voice, and his expression was full of savage curiosity. "And that was the man who-" Fritz stopped. He swallowed, and his eyes moved to the door. Everyone followed his gaze. The parlor had never been so still. No one moved, no one dared to breathe, for the latch was lifting. The door slowly opened. On the threshold stood a man in a long black cloak with a loose hood like a monk's. His gray hair hung down on either side of his face: a long, narrow face with a prominent nose and jaw, and eyes that looked like burning coals in caverns of darkness.
Viimeiset sanat
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
So they both lived happily ever after; and that was how they all wound up.
Pieni kertomus, jossa on kaikki oikean kauhutarinan elementit: Synkkä ilta, takkatuli, tarinankertoja, prinssejä ja prinsessoja, susilauma, sielun myyntiä paholaiselle ja pieni tyttö, jolla on hyvä sydän.
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