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This note points to the pressure to change in order to survive, and to the possibility that even that effort has a limit. It can be read as a sad, careful reflection on identity, asking how much adaptation a person can endure before something essential is lost. It lands when someone is being pushed to become less themselves to fit a situation.
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About Neil Gaiman
English author, contemporary
Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays. He is known for works that move easily between page and screen, including The Sandman and novels such as Good Omens, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane. His career spans comics, fiction, and adaptation work. Several of his stories were brought to the screen, including Coraline and American Gods, and he co-created the television versions of Good Omens and The Sandman. His writing ranges across fantasy, myth, and modern storytelling in different forms.
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Books by Neil Gaiman
Coraline
2008
American Gods
2017
Stardust
2007
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
2020
Neverwhere
2016