3.5*

Interesting little book. Figured: Bradbury and McKean = can't go wrong there. Sure enough, both deliver. This is a quite a odd little horror tale, about a "regular" boy surrounded by a family of monster's, he's the under-appreciated oddball, and desperate wants wings or fangs or something exciting. I found the story a bit hard to follow, maybe its because of the bizarre way that the text is presented on the page, of McKean's artwork which tends to always steal the show. Still though, I need to stop always trying to figure out "the point" or themes of all these stories, and learn to merely soak in the experience and enjoy it, and as experiences go, this one's a delightful little romp in terror.

Vintage, creepy Bradbury story of Timothy, a boy who's normal in a family of monsters, who dreams of becoming just like everyone else in his family though he is, from all appearances, completely mortal.

And while his family loves him dearly, Timothy knows their monstrousness will allow them to live forever...and he's destined to die.

The accompanying art is very splashy and direct and I'm disappointed we didn't get to see the uncle werewolf but seeing the rodent of unusual size made me giggle.

Yes, Rodent of Unusual Size...hmmm, where've I read that before...but I'm thinking Bradbury's story came first so...

From the atmospheric writing to the magnificent illustration, The Homecoming is simply a superb little book. I saw this in a bookstore, and took it home for my kids. Turns out I pull it out more often than they do; I'm simply blown away.

A gorgeous book, put together with great care. It only took about five minutes to read, of course, being a short story. The idea - of packaging classic short stories with superb modern artwork - is a good one, but would probably be best aimed at children. This volume does make a nice companion piece to The Wolves in the Walls and The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish. My four year old daughter loved it, but then she's made us sit through Mirrormask three times so far this week...

Bradbury never lets you down. You always leave feeling full and happy, no matter how melancholy the story is.

This is an illustrated short story that was rather sad, but very beautifully done, both in illustration and in prose.

But again, Bradbury is a master of prose.

Truman Capote found Ray Bradbury’s “Homecoming” in the slush pile at Mademoiselle. @NewYorker artist Charles Addams was hired to create a drawing to accompany the story, and Mademoiselle built their Oct 1946 #Halloween themed issue around it. https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2... …

Perfect for Halloween, albeit a little melancholic.

'The Homecoming' by Ray Bradbury was rather underwhelming for me to be honest.

I get that Timothy is human but I would have liked to have known why. I get that he is the black sheep of the family so to speak but I would have liked something more exciting to happen.

I did like the little tidbit at the end though about how his mother would visit him every home coming, that was rather heartwarming.

Id so take being a vampire anyway.

4/10

Tuhaf bir hikayesi olan bir kitap bu. Altında yatan anlam ise çok güzel. Ailemizin bizi olduğumuz gibi kabul etmemesi korkusu sırf bu yüzden onlara benzeme isteği. Farklılıkları kolay kabullenemiyoruz hiçbirimiz onları düzeltmeye çalışıyoruz. Bize benzesinler istiyoruz. Tek tip olsunlar ,bir özelliği olmasa da önemli değil. Kendi payıma bunu çıkardım bu kitaptan ben. Dave McKean'in illüstrasyonları kitaba ayrı bir güzellik katmış ve kokurken ağzınızdan bir şiir kıvamında dökülen o sözler bu hikayeyi özel yapan şeylerden bir tanesi.

When I stumbled upon this on the shelf, I thought "Gosh, a Ray Bradbury book that I have not heard of.. *and* illustrated by Dave McKean, sweet!". As I started reading it, I started to realize that it felt very familiar and that I have read this story before. Ends up, it is from one of his short story anthologies that I have read in the past. Dave McKean's drawings are perfectly suited to this story. His drawings of Cecy or Uncle Einar are so sketchy and stylized. They give a glimpse of what these mysterious characters would look like to a mere mortal, moving in a plane of existence that is way too hard to see.

A remarkable little story by the King of October Country!