The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

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.

"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 the imagination."
—Sunday Times

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 published in Germany in 1960 to great popular and critical acclaim, and both radio and televsion series based on the Jim Knopf books were soon produced. In 1973 he published another award-winning children's novel, Momo. When The Neverending Story was first published in Germany in 1979 it immediately became the number-one bestseller arnd remained in that position for three years. It has since been published in many different languages all over the world, including Japanese, and has enchanted readers in each country in which it has appeared.

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ISBN 13	9780140074314
ISBN 10	0140074317
Title	The Neverending Story
Author	Michael Ende
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	1984-07-26
Number of pages	384
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.