Audrey Niffenegger is a writer and artist whose work delves into unconventional love stories and explores themes of life, mortality, and magic. Her narratives often examine complex relationships and incorporate fantastical elements, offering readers a unique perspective on the human experience. Niffenegger masterfully blends literary and visual artistry, evident in her intricate storytelling and often illustrated novels. Her writing is distinguished by its originality and profound reflections on the nature of time and human connection.
Novelist, comics writer, scriptwriter, poet, occasional artist - a master of several genres and inadvertent leader of many cults - there are few creative avenues Neil Gaiman hasn't ventured down. From unforgettable books like The Ocean at the End of the Lane and American Gods to ground-breaking comics and graphic novels like The Sandman and Violent Cases; from big screen fantasies like Coraline to small screen epics like Doctor Who; and from short stories to songwriting, stage plays to radio plays, journalism to filmmaking, and all points in-between, The Art of Neil Gaiman is the first comprehensive, full-colour examination of Gaiman's work to date.
This extraordinary, magical novel is the story of Clare and Henry who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry thirty. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first p
The author of the New York Times bestseller The Time Traveler’s Wife returns with another evocative “novel in pictures,” the much-anticipated follow-up to 2005’s The Three Incestuous Sisters. The Adventuress follows the dreamlike journey of an alchemist’s daughter. After she is kidnapped by a lascivious baron, she turns herself into a moth and flees to the garden of a charming butterfly collector named Napoleon Bonaparte. The story of how the two become lovers, and how their affair ends in tragedy and transcendence, is told through Niffenegger’s spare prose and haunting aquatint etchings. With a stunning and distinctive visual style reminiscent of the work of Edward Gorey, this gothic romance packs the emotional heft of the world’s great fairy tales. It will delight fans of the author’s previous works and enchant an entirely new legion of readers.
This anthology features a curated selection of ghost stories from renowned authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Neil Gaiman, and Edith Wharton, showcasing the genre's evolution from the eighteenth century to modern times. Each tale is introduced by Audrey Niffenegger, who provides insights into the story's background and her selection process. The collection includes a new story by Niffenegger, "A Secret Life With Cats," alongside her original illustrations, making it a visually captivating read for fans of both classic and contemporary ghost tales.
A postman falls in love with a raven he finds on his route. He takes her home, and they become an unlikely couple, ultimately having a child—an extraordinary raven girl living in a human body.
Six years after the phenomenal success of The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger has returned with a spectacularly compelling and haunting second novel set in and around Highgate Cemetery in London.When Elspeth Noblin dies of cancer, she leaves her London apartment to her twin nieces, Julia and Valentina. These two American girls never met their English aunt, only knew that their mother, too, was a twin, and Elspeth her sister. Julia and Valentina are semi-normal American teenagers--with seemingly little interest in college, finding jobs, or anything outside their cozy home in the suburbs of Chicago, and with an abnormally intense attachment to one another.The girls move to Elspeth's flat, which borders Highgate Cemetery in London. They come to know the building's other residents. There is Martin, a brilliant and charming crossword puzzle setter suffering from crippling Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; Marjike, Martin's devoted but trapped wife; and Robert, Elspeth's elusive lover, a scholar of the cemetery. As the girls become embroiled in the fraying lives of their aunt's neighbors, they also discover that much is still alive in Highgate, including--perhaps--their aunt, who can't seem to leave her old apartment and life behind.Niffenegger weaves a captivating story in Her Fearful Symmetry about love and identity, about secrets and sisterhood, and about the tenacity of life--even after death.
Bevor Audrey Niffenegger mit ihrem Roman ›Die Frau des Zeitreisenden‹ zur Bestsellerautorin wurde, arbeitete sie als Buchkünstlerin in Chicago. Vierzehn Jahre lang zeichnete sie im ironisch abgründigem Stil Edward Goreys eine berückende Märchengeschichte – das Buch ihres Herzens. Dafür nutzte sie das alte und hoch komplizierte Druckverfahren Aquatinta, dessen sich schon Goya bedient hatte. In unvergeßlich starken Bildern und einer klaren Sprache erzählt Audrey Niffenegger die Geschichte der ›Drei Schwestern‹ Bettine, Ophile und Clothilde. Als sich alle drei in den schönen Jüngling Paris verlieben und Bettine schließlich ein Kind von ihm erwartet, bricht die Dreisamkeit auseinander. Aber das Kind ist ein Heiliger und führt am Ende ein Wunder herbei. Eine so märchenhaft wie wundersame Liebesgeschichte über Eifersucht, Rache und Versöhnung.
Unheimlich, beängstigend und schaurig schön – das ist Audrey Niffeneggers Anthologie »Katzen und Gespenster«. Die Autorin des Bestsellers »Die Frau des Zeitreisenden« nimmt uns mit in das Gruselkabinett der Weltliteratur. In jedem Zimmer findet sich eine ihrer persönlichen Lieblingsgeschichten: Von Klassikern der angelsächsischen Grusel- und Horrorliteratur, wie Edgar Allan Poes »Die Schwarze Katze« oder M. R. James »Kupferstich« bis zu einer noch nie publizierten Geschichte der Autorin selbst. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen und einem Vorwort der Autorin. Dieses Buch wird Sie packen und so schnell nicht mehr loslassen!
