The Ocean at the End of the Lane
core novel 2013 The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Record
| First published | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.01 (666,493 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 181 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780062255655 |
Synopsis
The Ocean at the End of the Lane, published in 2013, follows an unnamed middle-aged man who returns to his childhood home in rural Sussex for a funeral and finds himself drawn to the neighboring farm at the end of the lane, where he begins recalling a series of strange, long-buried events from forty years earlier. Those memories center on Lettie Hempstock, a girl who lived on the farm with her mother and grandmother and who insisted that the small pond on their property was in fact an ocean, and whose family seemed to know far more about the world's hidden dangers than anyone else nearby.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Neil Gaiman
Awards (verified)
- National Book Awards (UK) (Book of the Year), 2013: won
- Nebula Award (Best Novel), 2013: nominated
- World Fantasy Award (Best Novel), 2014: nominated
Notes
- A single standalone novel; registered as a single-work universe per this canon's existing convention for one-off Gaiman novels (cf. The Graveyard Book), with no series entity created for a single book, same as that precedent.
Sources
- Wikipedia: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
- Nebula Awards: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
- World Fantasy Convention: 2014 World Fantasy Awards
- BBC News: Neil Gaiman's Ocean at the End of the Lane named 2013 Book of the Year
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