Stardust

R$ 65,90

Sinopse

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.)

Participantes

Autor: Neil Gaiman

Autor

NEIL GAIMAN

Mistério, fantasia, humor requintado. Eis as linhas que se entrelaçam nas tramas de Neil Gaiman — um convite a transpor a muralha da realidade, como fizera Tristan Thorn, protagonista de O mistério da estrela – Stardust, romance publicado originalmente em edição ilustrada, que deu origem ao filme homônimo de 2007. Inglês radicado nos EUA, Gaiman é reverenciado mundialmente pelos fãs de quadrinhos por suas graphic novels, como a série Sandman. Inquieto e multipremiado, ele também escreve prosa e poesia, além de atuar como jornalista, roteirista, compositor e dramaturgo. Leitor voraz na infância de C.S. Lewis e J. R. R. Tolkien, entre outros, ele diz que não seria quem é sem as bibliotecas onde cresceu. Ler, afinal, é essencial à fantasia.