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Except for the fair that is held in a mysterious meadow once every nine years, the people of Wall never cross the wall into the faerie meadow.
Dunstan Thorn meets a beautiful, enslaved woman at the fair and nine months later a baby is delivered to his doorstep.
Dunstan's son, Tristran, grows up not knowing his heritage. When he falls in love, he rashly promises his beloved that he will do anything for her. Not really taking him seriously, she asks him to bring her back a falling star.
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Dunstan Thorn meets a beautiful, enslaved woman at the fair and nine months later a baby is delivered to his doorstep.
Dunstan's son, Tristran, grows up not knowing his heritage. When he falls in love, he rashly promises his beloved that he will do anything for her. Not really taking him seriously, she asks him to bring her back a falling star.
Tristran set ...more
A lovely, fairy-tale of a novel, written with Gaiman's usual ability to carry the reader into the world he creates. His words are so beautiful, his ideas out of the ordinary! This passage describes a fairy market:
"There were wonders for sale, and marvels, and miracles; there were things undreamed-of and objects unimagined (what need, Dunstan wondered, could someone have of the storm-filled eggshells?).
A flaw that bothered me: there were times when the plot should have been filled in more, rather ...more
"There were wonders for sale, and marvels, and miracles; there were things undreamed-of and objects unimagined (what need, Dunstan wondered, could someone have of the storm-filled eggshells?).
A flaw that bothered me: there were times when the plot should have been filled in more, rather ...more
Except for the fair that is held in a mysterious meadow once every nine years, the people of Wall never cross the wall into the faerie meadow.
Dunstan Thorn meets a beautiful, enslaved woman at the fair and nine months later a baby is delivered to his doorstep.
Dunstan's son, Tristran, grows up not knowing his heritage. When he falls in love, he rashly promises his beloved that he will do anything for her. Not really taking him seriously, she asks him to bring her back a falling star.
Tristran set ...more
Dunstan Thorn meets a beautiful, enslaved woman at the fair and nine months later a baby is delivered to his doorstep.
Dunstan's son, Tristran, grows up not knowing his heritage. When he falls in love, he rashly promises his beloved that he will do anything for her. Not really taking him seriously, she asks him to bring her back a falling star.
Tristran set ...more
I was really intrigued by the movie and was surprised to find out it was based on the book. I don't usually read sci-fi/fantasy (vampire books aside) but the combination of love and magic was truly appealing. The book offered so much more depth to the characters and story but it was impossible to push out the mental images of Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, etc. (I want to keep Robert De Niro dressed in drag - he was the best part of the movie!) Always read the book first!
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A most charming and delightful story. I normally always attempt to read the book before seeing the movie, but in this rare case, I think the fact that I had happened to see the movie first helped me enjoy the book more.
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