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Stardust [Paperback]

Neil Gaiman
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Dec 15 2008

Catch a fallen star . . .

Tristran thorn promised to bring back a fallen star. So he sets out on a journey to fulfill the request of his beloved, the hauntingly beautiful Victoria Forester—and stumbles into the enchanted realm that lies beyond the wall of his English country town. Rich with adventure and magic, Stardust is one of master storyteller Neil Gaiman's most beloved tales, and the inspiration for the hit movie.


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De Féerie, le pays magique, les habitants du petit village de Wall savent peu de choses. Il faut dire qu'un grand mur les en séparent. Un mur dans lequel est ouvert une brèche, une brèche bien gardée, par laquelle ils n'ont droit de passer qu'une fois l'an, le jour de la grande foire de Wall. C'est ce jour-là, justement, que le jeune Tristram Thorn, décidé à conquérir le cœur de sa belle, part pour le pays de fée afin de lui ramener une étoile filante. Mais dans un pays magique, rien n'est comme ailleurs. Les distances sont immenses, on y croise nains et licornes, des chasseurs d'éclairs naviguent sur des bateaux volants et l'on est jamais à l'abri d'un mauvais sort qui pourra vous transformer en arbre, en chèvre ou en rat. Un monde plein de dangers et de merveilles que Tristram est loin d'imaginer, comme il est loin d'imaginer que son étoile filante est une belle et pure jeune fille, dont la présence ici-bas va éveiller la concupiscence des sept seigneurs de Sromhold comme de quelques vilaines sorcières...

Neil Gaiman est aussi à l'aise dans la BD (Sandman), que dans le roman (Neverwhere). Un talent inépuisable qu'il confirme une fois de plus ici en revisitant avec bonheur l'univers des contes de fées. À la fois drôle, merveilleux et volontairement naïf, Stardust est une réussite. --Georges Louhans --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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Starred Review. Tristran Thorn falls in love with the prettiest girl in town and makes her a foolish promise: he says that he'll go find the falling star they both watched streak across the night sky. She says she'll marry him if he finds it, so he sets off, leaving his home of Wall, and heads out into the perilous land of faerie, where not everything is what it appears. Gaiman is known for his fanciful wit, sterling prose and wildly imaginative plots, and Stardust is no exception. Gaiman's silver-tongued narration vividly brings this production to life. Like the bards of old, Gaiman is equally proficient at telling tales as he is at writing them, and his pleasant British accent feels like a perfect match to the material. Gaiman's performance is an extraordinary achievement—if only all authors could read their own work so well. The audiobook also includes a brief, informative and enjoyable interview with Gaiman about the writing of the novel and his work in the audiobook studio.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Beautiful Dec 30 2012
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I am a new Neil Gaiman fan and had tried to read this sometime a few years ago. I started this book the other day and it was lovely, the artwork complements Gaiman's writing and makes it all the more. The cover is just lovely and is stunning to look at. As this wouldn't be the first book I would recommend to a new reader (seeing as it is a bit more advanced) it would be perfect for the avid reader.
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4.0 out of 5 stars great Adult Fairy Tale Jun 3 2012
Format:Paperback
Tristran Thorn is a young man who lives on a farm in the English countryside. He is besotted with Victoria Forester who promises to marry him if he brings her a falling star. Thorn's village, Wall has a gap where he can enter the world of his mother, a faerie.

Thorn goes on a quest to bring back the falling star. This starts the most amazing adventure involving faeries, pixies and gnomes, unicorns, witches and ships that sail in the nighttime sky.

This is a easy wonderful fantasy read.
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Stardust by Neil Gaiman is an adult fairy tale that took some time to get into. Overall, it was an enjoyable book that is written so beautifully and has a great but very sad ending (might not be sad for everyone)! I did feel distant from the characters, maybe because there were a couple of storylines going on in this short story since there were many people after the star: Tristan, the three lords after the power Stormhold, and a witch. However, that may have been a good thing, because I would not feel greatly upset if something bad happened to the characters.

The story mainly revolved around Tristan Thorn, who is so in love with Victoria Forester that he would do anything to win her heart when she refuses to kiss him. Victoria tells him that she would do anything he desired if he brought back the shooting star that they just saw that night. Happily, Tristan obeys. He enters beyond the wall that is gaurds Wall, into Faerie, which does not follow the same rules as Wall does, and nothing is as he imagined.

I do hope that Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman is even more enjoyable than Stardust.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Jon Contino
great Jon Contino cover, thats the reason I bought this book. Neil Gaiman is also one of the best fantasy writers today.
Published 2 months ago by sarah taylor
5.0 out of 5 stars If you love imagination as I do............
Did you, as a child, hold your breath when Jack reached the top of the bean stalk?....or when Snow White opened the door to the witch's cottage?.... Read more
Published on July 23 2010 by Ronald W. Maron
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully imagnitive
I first read this book a few years ago. I asked a friend, a manager of a bookstore what her favourite books or authors were to expand upon my reading list. Read more
Published on May 27 2010 by Steven R. McEvoy
4.0 out of 5 stars Stardust
The book arrived in a timely manner and in excellent condition, an overall good book buying experience.
Published on Feb 22 2010 by S. Connors
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent
Not a children's book; an adult ( or teen or "young adult") fairy tale.

Watched the movie first & thought it was great, so searched out the book. Read more
Published on Jan 16 2010 by B. A. Scharf
4.0 out of 5 stars Top
I went to see the movie edition in theaters and just fell for it so, i got the book. But the book is alot deferent from the movie, the book will compleatly send you into the land... Read more
Published on Aug 17 2009 by L. Martin
4.0 out of 5 stars Worth reading, but you've got to see the movie too
I really enjoyed reading this book, because I like Gaiman's writing style and I particularly like his cheeky sense of humour. Read more
Published on April 16 2009 by killerwhaletank
4.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of Teens Read Too
Tristran Thorn would do absolutely anything to win pretty Victoria Forrester's heart. Even venture across The Wall into mysterious Faerie in search of a fallen star. Read more
Published on Jan 11 2008 by TeensReadToo
5.0 out of 5 stars Once you have seen the movie should you read the book? You bet.
I would be one of those people who checked out Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' "Stardust: Being a Romance Within the Realms of Faerie" because they really enjoyed the movie... Read more
Published on Aug 22 2007 by Lawrance M. Bernabo
5.0 out of 5 stars Shimmering Stardust
Fairy tales tend to lose their sparkle when they're made into books for adults.

But Neil Gaiman creates his own sparkling fairy tale in "Stardust," an entrancing fantasy... Read more
Published on Jun 19 2007 by E. A Solinas
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