Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust: Being a Romance Within the Realms of Faerie Book, Online Book Store at azBookReviews.com

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El joven Tristan Thorn estÃ¡ dispuesto a hacer cualquier cosa para conquistar el frÃo corazÃ³n de su amada VictorÃa, incluso a prometerle que le conseguirÃ¡ la estrella que ambos ven caer una noche. Para cumplir su palabra, TristÃ¡n deberÃ¡ cruzar el muro que separa su pueblo del PaÃs de las Hadas, un vasto territorio donde nada se parece a lo que Ã©l ha conocido, donde ni siquiera las estrellas tienen forma de estrella y donde los duendes y los espectros campan a sus anchas. En ese mÃ¡gico lugar, el joven no sÃ³lo harÃ¡ cambiar su futuro, sino que tambiÃ©n descubrirÃ¡ cosas de su pasado que no podÃa imaginar. Con la ayuda de un unicornio, un barco pirata que surca el cielo, un Ã¡rbol muy sabio y una florecita de cristal... Â¿conseguirÃ¡ Tristan el amor de su dama? / Gaiman, author of a Neverwhere and the graphic novel series ""The Sandman,"" has created an original and well-written fairy tale. Young Tristran Thorn has grown up in the isolated village of Wall, on the edge of the realm of Faerie. When Tristran and the lovely Victoria see a falling star during the special market fair, Victoria impulsively offers him his heart's desire if he will retrieve the star for her. Tristran crosses the border into Faerie and encounters witches, unicorns, and other strange creatures. Library Journal Movie features: Sienna Miller, Rupert Everett, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Peter O'Toole.
Stardust is an utterly charming fairy tale in the tradition of The Princess Bride and The Neverending Story. Neil Gaiman, creator of the darkly elegant Sandman comics and author of The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, tells the story of young Tristran Thorn and his adventures in the land of Faerie. One fateful night, Tristran promises his beloved that he will retrieve a fallen star for her from beyond the Wall that stands between their rural English town (called, appropriately, Wall) and the Faerie realm. No one ever ventures beyond the Wall except to attend an enchanted flea market that is held every nine years (and during which, unbeknownst to him, Tristran was conceived). But Tristran bravely sets out to fetch the fallen star and thus win the hand of his love. His adventures in the magical land will keep you turning pages as fast as you can--he and the star escape evil old witches, deadly clutching trees, goblin press-gangs, and the scheming sons of the dead Lord of Stormhold. The story is by turns thrillingly scary and very funny. You'll love goofy, earnest Tristran and the talking animals, gnomes, magic trees, and other irresistible denizens of Faerie that he encounters in his travels. Stardust is a perfect read-aloud book, a brand-new fairy tale you'll want to share with a kid, or maybe hoard for yourself. (If you read it to kids, watch out for a couple of spicy sex bits and one epithet.) --Therese Littleton

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