The first of four beautifully designed slipcased volumes, The Absolute Sandman Vol. Now, DC Comics is proud to present this comics classic in an all-new Absolute Edition format. By the time it concluded in 1996, it had made significant contributions to the artistic maturity of comic books and become a pop culture phenomenon in its own right. A rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven, The Sandman is also widely considered one of the most original and artistically ambitious series of the modern age. The Sandman, written by New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman, was the most acclaimed comic book title of the 1990s. Written by Neil Gaiman, art by Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III, Chris Bachalo, Michael Zulli, Steve Parkhouse, Kelley Jones, Charles Vess and Colleen Doran, cover by Dave McKean.
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"The balance of life on the border of Mexico and Texas is lightly sketched but sure-handed occasional Spanish phrases and the sense of family and community come through. The story should appeal to readers dealing with their own tween years." - School Library Journal "This is a sweet coming-of-age story, telling of the cruelties of children toward one another and dealing with the loss of a parent. However, readers will also find the book’s loving portrayal of Chela’s family, its nicely realized setting, and its artful exploration of the problems of assimilation to be both engaging and heartfelt." - Booklist "Martinez’ highly episodic first novel is a quiet story that is filled with such coming-of-age staples as mean girls, popularity contests, first romances, sibling rivalries, and more. This is a story about liminal spaces: about having "room, and time to think", about the shifting lines between secrecy and shame, and a child's burgeoning apprehension of the gap between what must be explicit and what need merely be implied. Keegan's lyrical novella was originally a New Yorker short story, but it has gained greatly from this expansion: the narrative breathes along with the child slowly detaching from her cramped, impoverished home and starting to unfurl, leaf-like, in an atmosphere of attentiveness. Small Things Like These is an ideal title for this exquisite novella in which Claire Keegan closely attends to the daily life of a modest County Wexford coal vendor. Moreover, adults evince a concern for children beyond merely setting them to earn their keep, leaving our small visitor "in a spot where I can neither be what I always am nor turn into what I could be". In this strange new place vegetables grow in abundance, the cows are heavy with milk and the well never runs dry. A hot summer and a young, unnamed girl is taken to stay with an unfamiliar couple on a Wexford farm while at home her reluctantly pregnant mother makes ready for yet another mouth to feed. |