STARDUST
Set at the cusp of the Victorian age, this beguiling story begins in Wall, a drowsy English village where very little happens and time seems to drift. Young Tristran Thorn is hopelessly smitten with the lovely Victoria Forester, and in a moment of reckless devotion, he promises her the impossible: a fallen star glimpsed tumbling across the night sky. That promise costs him everything he knows. To keep his word, Tristran must cross the ancient wall that borders his village and step into Faerie, a world that is stranger, wilder, and more perilous than anything his quiet upbringing could have prepared him for. Gaiman writes with a rare kind of confidence here. His prose feels unhurried yet purposeful, drawing you into a story that, as the author himself has noted, he hoped would read like something you had always carried with you. It's a feeling he achieves with quiet skill. Elif Shafak has described Gaiman as a writer who holds the key to Storyland, and that sense of access to something ancient and alive runs through every page. Susanna Clarke, no stranger to literary magic herself, has observed that Gaiman captures what most writers cannot even approach. A film adaptation featuring Robert De Niro, Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Rupert Everett brought the story to a wider audience, but the book remains its own distinct pleasure. This edition also includes a prologue, reading group questions, and an interview with the author.
- Author: Neil Gaiman
- Publisher: Headline
- Genre: Film & Cinema
- ISBN: 978-0755322824
- Pages: 256 pages