He walks around Venice speaking of time, illusion and trickery before seguing into an extended flashback of his childhood trip to Venice. The story is narrated by a man in his late twenties/early thirties who seems to be disillusioned with the world around him. It is split between two views: the lives of a group on an island off the coast of Venice protected by magic from Death versus the memories and thoughts of a young American (the conclusion suggests he is a special forces soldier) who has never forgotten his childhood encounter with her. This story deals with the idea of quality versus quantity of life. In line with all the other Sandman comics, the cover, logo and book designs were created by Dave McKean.Ĭhapters Chapter 1: Death - Death and Venice Destruction and Delirium's tales are the only ones that take place after the events of the Sandman series. Most of the tales are independent of each other however, Destruction's tale relates to and immediately follows Delirium's. Įach tale is stylistically different, and illustrated by a different artist.

It is also the first comic book to ever be on the New York Times Bestseller List. It won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative.

The book is divided into seven chapters, each devoted to one of the Endless, a family of siblings who are physical manifestations of the metaphysical concepts Dream, Death, Desire, Destruction, Delirium, Despair and Destiny. The Sandman: Endless Nights is a graphic novel written by Neil Gaiman as a follow-up to his Sandman series.

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