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The Neverending Story is Michael Endes best-known book, but Momo, published six years earlier, is the all-ages fantasy novel that first won him wide acclaim. After the sweet-talking gray men come to town, life becomes terminally efficient. Can Momo, a young orphan girl blessed with the gift of listening, vanquish the ashen-faced time thieves before joy vanishes forever? With gorgeous new drawings by Marcel Dzama and a new translation from the German by Lucas Zwirner, this all-new 40th anniversary edition celebrates the book's first U.S. publication in over 25 years.… (more)
Entiendo porque este libro es un clasico. Lo recomendo a todo el mundo y quiero pedirte que no dejas que los hombres grises roban tu tiempo. Cúando obsecionas con trabajar lo mas eficaz posible no ahoras tiempo pero lo pierdas. La obseción come tu tiempo. ( )
Quest to stop time thieves. Some quirky ideas in this story; having to walk backwards to reach destinations, clocks running in the house that stop when the time keeper leaves, a tortoise who can see some minutes into the future and communicates by forming words on the pattern of it's shell, grey men smoking pipes to increase their life spans, and time flowers. Momo's own childlike innocence with her ability to engage friendships and encourage a peaceful community was beautiful. ( )
Simplemente extraordinaria, muchos me han dicho que Momo es en definitiva la mejor obra de Ende, no me gustaría tener que comparar este libro con otros del mismo autor; sin embargo, es innegable que esta historia está llena de magia y de mucha reflexión sobre nuestro tiempo en la tierra. ( )
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky!
Jane Taylor (1783-1827)
Dedication
First words
Long, long ago, when people spoke languages quite different from our own, many fine, big cities already existed in the many lands of the world.
Quotations
The professor smiled. "If people knew the nature of death," he said after a moment's silence, "they'd cease to be afraid of it. And if they ceased to be afraid of it, no one could rob them of their time anymore." "Why not tell them, then?" Momo suggested. "I already do," said the professor. "I tell them the meaning of death with every hour I send them, but they refuse to listen. They'd sooner heed those who frighten them. That's another riddle in itself."
All games were selected for them by supervisors and had to have some useful, educational purpose. The children learned these new games but unlearned something else in the process: they forgot how to be happy, how to take pleasure in little things, and, last but not least, how to dream.
Last words
She tucked her head and legs in, and very slowly, in letters visible only to those who have read this story, her shell spelled out two words: THE END
The Neverending Story is Michael Endes best-known book, but Momo, published six years earlier, is the all-ages fantasy novel that first won him wide acclaim. After the sweet-talking gray men come to town, life becomes terminally efficient. Can Momo, a young orphan girl blessed with the gift of listening, vanquish the ashen-faced time thieves before joy vanishes forever? With gorgeous new drawings by Marcel Dzama and a new translation from the German by Lucas Zwirner, this all-new 40th anniversary edition celebrates the book's first U.S. publication in over 25 years.
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In this intricate and compelling story of a fantastic country, Momo sets out to destroy the enemy. The mysterious Professor Hora and his strangely gifted tortoise, Cassiopeia, will help her.
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