Leaf by Niggle

Synopsis

Published for the very first time in its own volume, tolkien’s remarkable tale about a painter whose obsession with detail prevents him from finishing his great work. Niggle is a painter. Not a very successful one, partly because he has so many other things to do. For some time he has been obsessed with one particular canvas – a curious picture of a tree with a vast landscape stretching out behind it. The painting keeps getting bigger and bigger, but niggle has a journey to make. In 1939 tolkien was despairing of ever bringing his great work the lord of the rings to a conclusion.