Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1983. First US edition, first printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Quadflieg, Roswitha. Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim. Dust jacket wrap-around illustration by Richard Mantel. Full-page interior illustrations by Roswitha Quadflieg. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket.

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The Neverending Story is a German fantasy novel by Michael Ende, first published in 1979 under the title Die unendliche Geschichte. The standard English translation, by Ralph Manheim, was first published in 1983. The novel was later adapted into several films. The majority of the story takes place in the parallel world of Fantastica (Phantásien in the original German version; referred to as Fantasia in the films), a world being destroyed by the Nothing, which represents and constitutes people's lack of imagination in the real world. The first protagonist is a young warrior, who is asked by the sick Empress to set off and find the cure for their world. The other protagonist is a boy from the real world, a reader of the novel with the same title, for whom the story gradually becomes more and more realistic. -

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On Apr 2 2013, Fireflower537 said:

This is one of my favorite books. It is as strange as it is wonderful. A boy finds a book and halfway through the story he becomes a character in the book. This is a very clever and beautiful story.

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Bookseller: Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 50262
Title: THE NEVERENDING STORY
Author: Ende, Michael
Illustrator: Quadflieg, Roswitha
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First US edition, first printing
ISBN 10: 0385176228
ISBN 13: 9780385176224
Publisher: Doubleday and Company
Place of Publication: Garden City, NY
Date Published: 1983
Keywords: science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural

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