Coraline

Amazon.com

Coraline lives with her preoccupied parents in part of a huge old house--a house so huge that other people live in it, too... round, old former actresses Miss Spink and Miss Forcible and their aging Highland terriers ("We trod the boards, luvvy") and the mustachioed old man under the roof ("'The reason you cannot see the mouse circus, ' said the man upstairs, 'is that the mice are not yet ready and rehearsed.'") Coraline contents herself for weeks with exploring the vast garden and grounds. But with a little rain she becomes bored--so bored that she begins to count everything blue (153), the windows (21), and the doors (14). And it is the 14th door that--sometimes blocked with a wall of bricks--opens up for Coraline into an entirely alternate universe. Now, if you're thinking fondly of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe or Alice's Adventures in Wonderland , you're on the wrong track. Neil Gaiman's Coraline is far darker, far stranger, playing on our deepest fears. And, like Roald Dahl's work, it is delicious. What's on the other side of the door? A distorted-mirror world, containing presumably everything Coraline has ever dreamed of... people who pronounce her name correctly (not "Caroline"), delicious meals (not like her father's overblown "recipes"), an unusually pink and green bedroom (not like her dull one), and plenty of horrible (very un-boring) marvels, like a man made out of live rats. The creepiest part, however, is her mirrored parents, her "other mother" and her "other father"--people who look just like her own parents, but with big, shiny, black button eyes, paper-white skin... and a keen desire to keep her on their side of the door. To make creepy creepier, Coraline has been illustrated masterfully in scritchy, terrifying ink drawings by British mixed-media artist and Sandman cover illustrator Dave McKean. This delightful, funny, haunting, scary as heck, fairy-tale novel is about as fine as they come. Highly recommended. (Ages 11 and older) --Karin Snelson

Format

Broché

Nombre de pages

152

ISBN

2226193448

Editeur

Editions Albin Michel

Amazon.fr

Coraline vient de déménager et découvre son environnement, une étrange maison qu'elle et ses parents partagent avec des voisins peu communs : deux anciennes actrices et un vieux toqué éleveur de souris savantes. "Je suis une exploratrice !", clame Coraline. Gare pourtant : derrière la porte condamnée, un monde magique et effrayant l'attend. Attention, grand frisson. En lisant ce livre, on a l'impression de regarder un film d'horreur d'autant plus horrible que sa bande-son serait une petite chanson enfantine répétitive et lancinante. Cette petite merveille renoue magistralement avec la pure tradition du conte de fées, merveilleux et terrifiant, mêlant avec raffinement naïveté et cruauté. On a peur, comme Coraline : pas vraiment, parce qu'on n'est pas dans le réel. Et, en même temps, on en est tellement près qu'on a peur quand même… Mais on y prend un énorme plaisir. L'écriture de Neil Gaiman est magnifique, simple et subtile, alliant une narration qui semble couler de source, un sens du détail et un art de l'image délectables. C'est assez complexe pour être irracontable, assez limpide pour être lu dès 9 ans… et relu à l'infini avec la même fascination. Un pur chef-d'œuvre dans la tradition de Lewis Carrol. La nouvelle Alice s'appelle Coraline. À partir de 10 ans. --Pascale Wester

Date de publication

2009-06-03

Amazon.co.uk

Despite being mostly known for his fantastical graphic novels and adult fiction, Neil Gaiman's first book for children is everything that you would expect from such a massive imagination as his. It's special and wonderful and very weird indeed. Described by some as the new Alice in Wonderland , Coraline is actually more bizarre than that, much more frightening and its modest length definitely adds to the book's undiluted potency. Shortly after moving into an old house with strange tenants above and below, Coraline discovers a big, carved, brown wooden door at the far corner of the drawing room. And it is locked. Curiosity runs riot in Coraline's mind and she unlocks the door to see what lies behind it. Disappointingly, it opens onto a brick wall. Days later, after exploring the rest of the house and garden, Coraline returns to the same mysterious door and opens it again. This time, however, there is a dark hallway in front of her. Stepping inside, the place beyond has an eerie familiarity about it. The carpet and wallpaper are the same as in her flat. The picture hanging on the wall is the same. Almost. Strangest of all, her mum and dad are there too. Only they have buttons for eyes and seem more possessive than normal. It's a twisted version of her world that is familiar, and yet sinister. And matters get even more surreal for Coraline when her "other" parents seem reluctant to let her leave. Her attempted escape from this nightmare alternative reality sees Coraline experience a chilling series of ever more bizarre encounters. Some are plainly odd, others disturbingly spooky and together they combine to form an immensely readable story. It's like all the best bits of the Goosebumps books condensed into 160 pages. A unique reading experience guaranteed. (Ages 10 and over)-- John McLay

Auteur

Neil Gaiman

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categorie

Livres ; Enfant-jeunesse ; Livres Jeunesse Romans ados (Autre) ;

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Broché

realisateur

Neil Gaiman

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