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The Neverending Story

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SKU:
1171
Condition:
Very Good
Format:
Paperback, 377 pages
Publisher:
Penguin Books, 1984
Edition:
First Penguin Books Edition

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