E-audiobook
The graveyard book / Neil Gaiman.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780061707391
- ISBN: 0061707392
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 sound file (7 hr., 43 min., 16 sec.)) : digital.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: New York : HarperAudio, 2008.
Content descriptions
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Neil Gaiman. |
| Source of Description Note: | Hard copy version record. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Boys > Fiction. Dead > Fiction. Paranormal fiction. Cemeteries > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Ghost stories. Adventure stories. Horror tales. Audiobooks. Downloadable audio books. |
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Electronic resources
- AudioFile Reviews : AudioFile Reviews 2008 December/January 2009
Neil Gaiman is one of the true gems in the audio industry. He's a great writer who not only reads his own work well, but makes the listener reject any thought of having another narrator in his stead. Gaiman communicates his understanding of his own stories and characters from beginning to end. In this latest of Gaiman's clever, dark fantasies, an orphaned boy is raised by ghosts in the local graveyard. Gaiman gives each specter a different--and wholly appropriate--voice, but he doesn't stop there. He even goes so far as to change a character's accent ever so slightly after she comes back from years and years abroad. Best of all, Gaiman performs a shift of character voice that is an absolute showstopper when he reveals the villain. Really--it made this listener stop dead on her walk home in dreadful anticipation. A.A. Winner of AudioFIle Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine - AudioFile Reviews : AudioFile Reviews 2014 November
Neil Gaiman fans, rejoice! There are now TWO wonderful versions of THE GRAVEYARD BOOK to listen to. As narrator, Derek Jacobi does the heavy lifting in this full-cast recording, with other cast members voicing characters' dialogue. It all fits together seamlessly as listeners are swept, entranced and intrigued, into the magical story. Robert Madge sounds perfectly wide-eyed, curious, and boyish voicing Bod, the boy raised in a graveyard by ghosts. Miriam Margolyes's considerable talents shine as Bod's nurturing adoptive mother, Mrs. Owens, and as his teacher, Miss Lupescu. And Julian Rhind-Tutt is deliciously grave as Silas, Bod's mysterious guardian. The cast is uniformly excellent, giving broad or subtle performances as appropriate, and the overall effect is to enhance the sense of the graveyard as a community, and of the dangers lurking outside it. J.M.D. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine - Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews - Audio And Video Online Reviews 1991-2018
*Starred Review* A full-cast recording of Neil Gaiman's multi-award-winning novel brings rich new dimensions to this riveting tale. Acclaimed actor Jacobi's narration smoothly elicits every nuance of emotion in the complex plot and blends seamlessly with the dialogue performed by a gifted ensemble who bring each character fully to life, including the dead ones. Young Robert Madge, already a stage veteran, is especially noteworthy as Nobody Owens, his voice subtly changing as the boy grows from toddler to child to teenager, reflecting all the delight, anger, and confusion of his situation. Julian Rhind-Tutt fully embodies the character of the mysterious Silas; he is chilling and comforting at the same time, emphasizing the otherworldliness of Bod's guardian as well as his devotion to the boy. As Scarlett, Bod's live playmate as a child, Clare Corbett is beguiling, and when the character returns in later chapters after 10 years in Glasgow, her Scottish accent and teenage angst are perfectly portrayed. Andrew Scott as the evil Man Jack and Reece Shearsmith as the supernatural Sleer are both deliciously chilling. The author himself appears, fittingly, in a cameo role as the graveyard's resident poet. In a bonus track, Gaiman relates how the story grew in his imagination over the course of many years and reveals a tantalizing connection between one of the graveyard denizens and a family in his latest novel for adults. This is a thoroughly enjoyable listen for all ages. Grades 6-10. Copyright 2019 Booklist Reviews. - School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2014 December
Gr 5 UpâGaiman's beloved novel gets the full-cast treatment in this new audio edition. Due to ghastly circumstances, the ghosts of a graveyard take in a young toddler whom they name Nobody, or Bod for short. The enigmatic Silas becomes Bod's guardian and makes it his duty to protect the boy from those who intend harm. Bod grows up in the graveyard, and although he is still alive, the Freedom of the Graveyard allows him to see in darkness, fade from view, and slide through walls. As he matures, Bod encounters ghouls, a werewolf, and a witch, but none as terrifying as the man who killed his family and now wishes him deadâJack. For the first time, listeners can hear the music of the Danse Macabre, the slithering echo of the Sleer, and the transformation of Bod from inquisitive child to self-assured young man. The full cast, including Gaiman, skillfully depicts each character's unique traits and idiosyncrasies. Listeners will also hear some background on the book, read by the author himself, and music by Béla Fleck. A must-have for fans of the original novel and anyone who enjoys engaging fantasy.âAmanda Spino, Ocean County Library, NJ
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