Leaf by Niggle

While purchasing Tolkien's Letters from Father Christmas, I thought I would add Leaf by Niggle to the cart. I know I have read the physical book before but it might have been 30 years ago. This little allegory is more powerful than any of the current crop of self-help/business books. It examines the......more

Another enchanting, captivating and instructive story by Tolkien. Short, very simple and yet filled with wonders and a hidden complexity. It was like a very beautiful fairy-tale written for children who haven't lost the ability to see the world with all its miracles yet. The story of Nig......more

Leaf by Niggle is both a charming short tale and a cunning little parable. Protagonist Niggle is an artist struggling to create. The problem isn't his short-sighted vision of his grand and overwhelming project or the impending journey he must make and has yet to prepare for, it is the incessant inte......more

"Niggle was a painter. Not a very successful one, partly because he had many other things to do. Most of these things he thought were a nuisance; but he did them fairly well, when he could not get out of them: which (in his opinion) was far too often..." Tolkien's story, which was something of an all......more

Re-read 11/9/23. I cannot praise Derek Jacobi's narration of this on Audible enough. -------------------------- My heart. I love this little book. Of course I do! It was written by John Ronald Reuel for CRYING OUT LOUD. That man has never let me down. This little book is about Niggle: a sweet, little......more