His work is translated into 40 languages, and is widely adapted for stage and screen. In this stunning book, David Almond revisits Mina before she has met Michael, before she has met Skellig.ĭavid Almond is the author of Skellig, My Name is Mina, Island, Bone Music and many other novels, stories, picture books, opera librettos, songs and plays. Why should a book tell a tale in a dull straight line?Īnd so Mina writes and writes in her notebook, and here is her journal, Mina's life in Mina's own words: her stories and dreams, experiences and thoughts, her scribblings and nonsense, poems and songs. I'll let my journal grow just like the mind does, just like a tree or a beast does, just like life does. Then what shall I write? I can't just write that this happened then this happened then this happened to boring infinitum. I open the book and write the very first words: My name is Mina and I love the night. I keep on saying that I'll write a journal. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo There's an empty notebook lying on the table in the moonlight.
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