Journey to Fantastica--Where Dreams Become Reality
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. 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 wonders of myth and fairy tale. It is a fantasy adventure that will capture your heart--and recapture the magical dreams of childhood.
Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim
Illustrated by Roswitha Quadflieg
Editorial Reviews
"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
"Another Watership Down, a work of remarkable and suggestive vision of what life can hold for those who dare to look." --The Economist
"You might just get in touch with the child in you who clapped her hands for Tinker Bell." --Glamour
"A trumpet blast for the imagination." --Sunday Times
