In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Returning to his childhood home, a man finds himself standing beside the pond of the old Sussex farmhouse where he used to play. The ocean is a symbol of power, strength, life, mystery, hope and truth. Adult Written byGbilz930 August 11, 2019. age 12+ Great audio book. This book signifies much more than what it is. Gaiman has won the Huge, Nebula and Bran Stoker book awards for his novels, and when The Ocean at the End of the Lane was released, it won was voted Book of the Year at the British National Book Awards. Each chapter is a self contained story, but each story sets up the end of the book. The Cabin at the End of the World has a fantastic premise at its core, and if this story had been a novella or a 90-minute movie, I likely would have enjoyed it a whole lot more. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail. The... Continue reading. I bet when she was biding the monster, when the main character caught the ball, that something bad happened to him. A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home in Sussex, England, for a funeral. Following a sold out run at the National Theatre, the acclaimed production of The Ocean at the End of the Lane transfers to the West End this October.. The Ocean at the End of the Lane Wednesday, December 11, 2013. foreshadowing I love Letties's powers. The film received generally negative reviews and was a box office bomb, grossing only $23 million on a $30 million production budget. In this video of Neil Gaiman reading “Other People,” he explains that he has difficulty writing stories of short lengths that are self-sufficient in their plot structure. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman My rating: 5 of 5 stars I was one of the lucky readers who lived close enough to an event to see Neil Gaiman read from this book in person, answer questions, and then sign books, mine included. As for Frank, he wears primarily dark colors because he’s the villain. An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works The writing implies that he did do something bad, or caught … The ocean's salt symbolizes stability. He’s a conflicted Aquaman in this story, associated with the ocean (and the blues). The Ocean at the End of the Lane is a 2013 dark fantasy book by Neil Gaiman. Lane’s character, coded in red and green, seems to reflect an unfinished version of Patrick's mother, while Hathaway’s femme fatale represents the … OK, so that's some pretty heavy shit, but nobody could have predicted that things would end so tragically for Lane… While there, he remembers when he was seven years old and when he walked to the house at the end of the lane where the Hempstocks lived: Lettie, who was eleven years old, her mother Ginnie, and her grandmother, Old Mrs. Hempstock.