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Norse Mythology

The Illustrated Edition
By Neil Gaiman
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In this dazzling, illustrated edition of the instant classic that has sold more than a million copies, award-winning illustrator Levi Pinfold brings Neil Gaiman’s bravura rendition of the Norse gods and their world to life. Bursting off the page with breathtaking, full-colour art are tales of... Read More
Format: Hardback
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The #1 New York Times bestseller—a “gripping, suspenseful” (Washington Post) retelling of Norse myths—now with spectacular illustrations.

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In this dazzling, illustrated edition of the instant classic that has sold more than a million copies, award-winning illustrator Levi Pinfold brings Neil Gaiman’s bravura rendition of the Norse gods and their world to life.

Bursting off the page with breathtaking, full-colour art are tales of fierce battles with giants, storied quests for knowledge, and the gods in Asgard: Odin, the highest of the high, wise, daring, and cunning; Thor, Odin’s son, incredibly strong, yet not the wisest of gods; and Loki—son of a giant—blood brother to Odin and a trickster and unsurpassable manipulator.

Gaiman fashions these primeval stories into a novelistic arc that takes us from the genesis of the legendary nine worlds to Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods and the rebirth of a new time. Through his epic storytelling and Pinfold’s enthralling images, these gods emerge with their fiercely competitive natures, their susceptibility to being duped and to duping others, and their tendency to let passion ignite their actions, breathing vivid life into these long-ago myths.

"Who else but Neil Gaiman could become an accomplice of the gods, using the sorcery of words to make their stories new?" —Maria Tatar, translator and editor of The Annotated Brothers Grimm

"Gaiman brings rakish mischief and severe glamour to the Norse canon." —The New Yorker

"Remarkable. . . . Gaiman has provided an enchanting contemporary interpretation of the Viking ethos." —Lisa L. Hannett, Atlantic

"A lively, funny and very human rendition of Thor the thunder god, his father Odin and the dark-hearted trickster Loki (plus countless other gods and monsters)." —Petra Mayer, NP

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781324086505

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 12 November 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Illustration: color illustrations throughout

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Levi Pinfold

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 213.0mm

Height: 264.0mm

Weight: 1186g

Pages: 256

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About the Author

Neil Gaiman is the New York Times best-selling author of more than twenty books, including The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Graveyard Book, Coraline, and Neverwhere. His fiction has received Newbery, Carnegie, Hugo, Nebula, and Eisner awards. American Gods and Sandman and Good Omens, written with Terry Pratchett, have aired as TV series. He is professor in the arts at Bard College. Levi Pinfold is the author and illustrator of The Django, The Greenling, and Black Dog. He has received numerous awards, including the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, and been shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration.

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