In the sleepy English countryside of decades past, a lovelorn young man stepsthrough a gap in a high stone wall, and into the most unforgettable adventureof his life.
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In the sleepy English countryside of decades past, a lovelorn young man stepsthrough a gap in a high stone wall, and into the most unforgettable adventureof his life.
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Condition: GOOD-Used with some wear from use. May include stickers on cover, missing or wear to dustcover, inside cover, spine, slight curled corners, stains, and wear to the fore edge. All orders ship via UPS Mail Innovations-can take up to 14 business days from first scan to be delivered.
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Very good. 2007 DC Comics. Stated First Printing. No DJ as issued. Not ex-lib. Cover in VG condition with very minor shelf wear. Text clean. Pages show minor signs of handling, but are clean and complete with no rips, creases, or stains. Ribbon marker has creases at bottom from being shelved, but is intact and in good condition. Binding has a small crack at front and back of book, but is very intact and seems still sturdy.
This is Gaiman at his best. Beautiful, sentimental, grotesque and violent all at once. This story has been compared to many of fairie-world classics--and that's a good way to approach it--but Gaiman's sensibilities are somewhat different than those of the classics you remember. Here, the wicked witches are no more or less wicked than any others you may have encountered, but Gaiman delights in that wickedness and plays it for all it's worth. Not a book for children, nor for adults without a sense of humor that accomodates the macabre. Vess' illustrations are simply exquisite, and are an essential part of the book. Do not buy the unillustrated paperback. This binding (hardcover) is beautiful, truly a keepsake-worthy edition.
Ellyb
Mar 19, 2008
Beautiful and distinctive
Taken as a pair, Neil Gaiman's story and Charles Vess's evocative illustrations are a marvelous old fashioned fairy tale. It diverges from the style of original Brothers Grimm in that the villains don't die by torture, and the protagonists are dynamic rather than static. This isn't necessarily for children, as at least one illustration depicts a sexual situation, which surprised (but didn't offend) me, and there are scenes of distressing violence. "Stardust" provided a nice departure from the non-graphic fiction that I usually read.
