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The Neverending Story
Michael Ende
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Description for The Neverending Story
Paperback. Small and insignificant Bastian Balthazar Bux is nobody's idea of a hero, least of all his own. Through the pages of an old book he discovers a mysterious world of enchantment - but a world that is falling into decay. The great task of making things well again falls on Bastian. Illustrator(s): Quadflieg, Roswitha. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AK; FA; YFH. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 262.
Unicorns, dragons, sprites, will-o’-the-wisps: the inhabitants of an enchanted world. And into this world – through the pages of an old book – ventures Bastian, a lonely boy of ten or twelve. But Fantastica is slowly decaying, its Childlike Empress dying. Only a real human being can set things right by giving the Empress a new name. Bastian takes up the challenge, and finds himself crossing the Swamps of Sadness and the Silver Mountains, meeting sorcerers and giants, bats and night-hobs, gnomes and racing snails, as he journeys bravely toward the Ivory Tower, Bastian’s quest is filled with all the ... Read more
Unicorns, dragons, sprites, will-o’-the-wisps: the inhabitants of an enchanted world. And into this world – through the pages of an old book – ventures Bastian, a lonely boy of ten or twelve. But Fantastica is slowly decaying, its Childlike Empress dying. Only a real human being can set things right by giving the Empress a new name. Bastian takes up the challenge, and finds himself crossing the Swamps of Sadness and the Silver Mountains, meeting sorcerers and giants, bats and night-hobs, gnomes and racing snails, as he journeys bravely toward the Ivory Tower, Bastian’s quest is filled with all the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140074314
SKU
V9780140074314
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About Michael Ende
Michael Ende was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, in 1929. After attending drama school from 1948 to 1950, he worked variously as an actor, a writer of sketches and plays, a director of the Volkstheater in Munich, and a film critic for the Bavarian broadcasting company. His first novel for children, Jim Knopf and Lukas the Engine Driver, was ... Read more
Reviews for The Neverending Story
"An instantaneous leap into the magical … Energetic, innovative, and perceptive" —The Washington Post"A rich, enjoyable read … Succeeds by drawing in the most potent elements of fairytale, myth, and invented fantasy." —The Observer "You might just get in touch with the child in you who clapped her hands for Tinker Bell." —Glamour "A trumpet blast for ... Read more