Stardust

Paperback, 250 pages

English language

Published Oct. 14, 2006 by Harper Perennial.

ISBN:
978-0-06-114202-4
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Stardust is a 1999 fantasy novel by British writer Neil Gaiman, usually published with illustrations by Charles Vess. Stardust has a different tone and style from most of Gaiman's prose fiction, being consciously written in the tradition of pre-Tolkien English fantasy, following in the footsteps of authors such as Lord Dunsany and Hope Mirrlees. It is concerned with the adventures of a young man from the village of Wall, which borders the magical land of Faerie. In 2007, a film based on the novel was released to generally positive reviews. Gaiman has also occasionally made references to writing a sequel, or at least another book concerning the village of Wall.The story begins in late April 1839, as John William Draper had just photographed the Moon and Charles Dickens was serialising Oliver Twist. The majority of the book takes place seventeen years later, starting around October 1856.

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J'avais déja lu ce roman de Gaiman il y a bien longtemps. Tellement longtemps, même, que je n'en avais gardé aucune trace écrite. J'en avais cependant gardé le souvenir d'un voyage dans un monde de fantasy, une espèce de Candide chez les fées.
Il raconte en effet le voyage de Tristan Thorn, fils d'un homme et d'une habitante du pays des fées (pas de panique, tout cela est révélé dès le premier chapître), pour ramener à la plus belle fille du village une étoile.
En chemin, il rencontrera des êtres du pays des fées, avant d'être authentiquement transformé par ce voyage.
[a:Neil Gaiman|1221698|Neil Gaiman|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1234150163p2/1221698.jpg], dans ce roman, nous montre que la fantasy n'a finallement pas grand chose à voir avec avec le style plus ancien du "sword and sorcery" de [title:Conan] ou du [title:Cycle des épées], mais bien plus à voir avec un voyage ou finalement, ce n'est pas la …

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Subjects

  • Literary
  • English Science Fiction And Fantasy
  • Fiction
  • Fiction - Fantasy
  • Action & Adventure
  • Fantasy - Historical
  • Fiction / General
  • Fantasy - General