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The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
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The Neverending Story (original 1979; edition 1997)

by Michael Ende, Ralph Manheim (Translator)

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Shy, awkward Bastian is amazed to discover that he has become a character in the mysterious book he is reading and that he has an important mission to fulfill.
Member:kitteekatt
Title:The Neverending Story
Authors:Michael Ende
Other authors:Ralph Manheim (Translator)
Info:Dutton Juvenile (1997), Edition: 1st.Thus, Hardcover, 384 pages
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The Neverending Story by Michael Ende (Author) (1979)

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Read this as a kid, when the second half of it made me feel uncomfortable: as a kid I never liked heroes turning into nasty selfish people even if they then got redeemed. Recently I rewatched the movie which of course cuts off halfway through the story because a) it's a really long story! and b) halfway through, Bastian wishes to look completely different, which is a lot easier to deal with in prose than on a movie screen.

Anyway so the movie ends with him riding Falkor back to the real world and becoming a bully chasing his former bullies and that's the happy ending. The book instead has him slowly turning into a bully in Fantasia _and it recognises this is kind of a big problem_ so yeah ultimately the book is waaaay superior to the film in every way - though I'll always envision the Childlike Empress as she was portrayed in the film.

(I do dream of getting a proper hardcover version with full-on illuminated chapter letters and two colours of text and an ouroboros on the cover and all!) ( )
  zeborah | Feb 22, 2024 |
I never did see the movie (except pictures of a white fluffy dog flying through air that must be the luck dragon), but this book wasn't anything like what I expected. It was much deeper and more profound a journey than would be expected in a children's book. In fact, I don't know if I would say it is a young adult or children's book. It seems much more of a subject matter for adults to enjoy.

If you like this book, try out 13 1/2 lives of Bluebear. ( )
  wvlibrarydude | Jan 14, 2024 |
It was pretty good. ( )
  VidKid369 | Jan 7, 2024 |
"...now he knew that there were thousands and thousands of forms of joy in the world, but that all were essentially one and the same, namely, the joy of being able to love."

The beginning bead magical and the end was just as magical, but there were some bits in the middle that could've used more editing/cutting. The parts included in the movie were all from the first half of the book (or maybe 2/3?) and the rest was entirely new material to me. Some of it was enchanting, but other parts were boring and I understood why they were not a part of the movie. ( )
  Dances_with_Words | Jan 6, 2024 |
3.5 stars

A very original story in which the main character enters the book he's reading. The world-building is unusual, also, in that with every chapter, the area of Fantastica contains different creatures and feels like a completely new place. As a child, I would have loved this variety and imagination. As an adult, I wished some of these places and characters were more fleshed out.

The writing is a bit flowery at times, as if the author was trying too hard, though most kids surely won't have a problem with that.

There were some themes I can't get behind, such as that good and evil cannot exist without the other, that they are equal. ( )
  RachelRachelRachel | Nov 21, 2023 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Ende, MichaelAuthorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Basoli, AntonioIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Craig, DanCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Doyle, GerardNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Kyrö, MarjaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Manheim, RalphTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Mantel, RichardCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Nieuwenhuizen, Johan vanTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Pandolfi, AminaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Quadflieg, RoswithaIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Seeger, ClaudiaCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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This inscription could be seen on the glass door of a small shop, but naturally this was only the way it looked if you were inside the dimly lit shop, looking out at the street through the plateglass door.
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La Emperatriz Infantil está mortalmente enferma y su reino, Fantasia, corre un grave peligro. La salvación depende de Atreyu, un valiente guerrero de la tribu de los pieles verdes, y Bastian, un niño tímido que lee con pasión un libro mágico. Solo un ser humano puede salvar este lugar encantado. Juntos emprenderán un fascinante viaje a través de tierras de dragones, gigantes, monstruos y magia que no tiene vuelta atrás. A medida que se adentra en Fantasia, Bastian deberá resolver también los misterios de su propio corazón.
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