Synopsis
A young man, Tristan, sets off on a quest to retrieve a fallen star and win the hand of his love in marriage. The problem is that the star seems to have landed in the realm of faeries, and Tristan must venture into those uncharted territories, far outside the walled city in which he and his love reside.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2000-01-01 | | Edition Description: | Reissue |
| Size | | Length: | 336 pages | | Height: | 10.3 in | | Width: | 7.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 6.1 oz |
Publisher's Note
In the sleepy English countryside of decades past, there is a town that has stood on a jut of granite for six hundred years. And immediately to the east stands a high stone wall, for which the village is named. Here in the town of Wall, Tristran Thorn has lost his heart to the hauntingly beautiful Victoria Forester. One crisp October night, as they watch, a star falls from the sky, and Victoria promises to marry Tristran if he'll retrieve that star and bring it back for her. It is this promise that sends Tristran through the only gap in the wall, across the meadow, and into the most unforgettable adventure of his life.In the sleepy English countryside of decades past, there is a town that has stood on a jut of granite for six hundred years. And immediately to the east stands a high stone wall, for which the village is named. Here in the town of Wall, Tristran Thorn has lost his heart to the hauntingly beautiful Victoria Forester. One crisp October night, as they watch, a star falls from the sky, and Victoria promises to marry Tristran if he'll retrieve that star and bring it back for her. It is this promise that sends Tristran through the only gap in the wall, across the meadow, and into the most unforgettable adventure of his life.
Industry Reviews
"Gaiman knows how to make this kind of storytelling look easy. "Stardust avoids sounding too precious or knowing, and the prose strikes just the right notes of humor and romance. Vess' generously detained paintings perfectly capture the beauty, oddness, and terror of Faerie."
San Francisco Book Review - Michael Berry (11/15/1998)
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