From the pages of Newbery Medal winner Neil Gaiman's
The Sandman comes fan-favorite character Death in a collection of her solo adventures!
The first story introduces the young, pale, perky, and genuinely likable Death. One day in every century, Death walks the Earth to better understand those to whom she will be the final visitor. Today is that day. As a young mortal girl named Didi, Death befriends a teenager and helps a 250-year old homeless woman find her missing heart. What follows is a sincere musing on love, life and (of course) death.
In the second story, a rising star of the music world wrestles with revealing her true sexual orientation just as her lover is lured into the realm of Death that Death herself should make an appearance. A practical, honest, and intelligent story that illuminates "the miracle of death."
Plus, Death's first appearance from the
Sandman series, her tale from
Sandman: Endless Nights, and much more!
Author: Neil Gaiman
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vertigo
Published: 03/25/2014
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 10.10h x 6.60w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781401247164
About the AuthorCreator of THE SANDMAN and one of comics' most accomplished writers, Neil Gaiman is also the
New York Times best-selling author of the novels
Anansi Boys,
American Gods,
Stardust and
Coraline, as well as the short story collections
M Is for Magic and
Smoke and Mirrors and the multimedia creation
Neverwhere. He also co-wrote the Jim Henson Productions film
MirrorMask with longtime collaborator Dave McKean, illustrator of the Gaiman-written graphic novels MR. PUNCH,
Violent Cases and BLACK ORCHID. Among his many awards are the Hugo, the Nebula, the Eisner, the Harvey, the Bram Stoker and the World Fantasy Award. Originally from England, Gaiman now lives in the United States.