An edition of Die unendliche Geschichte (1979)

The Neverending Story

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An edition of Die unendliche Geschichte (1979)

The Neverending Story

1st printing
  • 4.24 ·
  • 42 Ratings
  • 239 Want to read
  • 9 Currently reading
  • 69 Have read

Bastian Balthazar Bux is shy, awkward, and certainly not heroic. His only escape is reading books. When Bastian happens upon an old book called The Neverending Story, he's swept into the magical world of Fantastica--so much that he finds he has actually become a character in the story! And when he realizes that this mysteriously enchanted world is in great danger, he also discovers that he has been the one chosen to save it. Can Bastian overcome the barrier between reality and his imagination in order to save Fantastica?
(back cover)

Publish Date
Publisher
Puffin Books
Language
English
Pages
444

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Neverending Story
Neverending Story
2014, Penguin Books, Limited
in English
Cover of: Yong yuan jiang bu wan de gu shi
Yong yuan jiang bu wan de gu shi: 永远讲不完的故事
2004, Ershiyishiji Chubanshe
Paperback in Chinese
Cover of: Unendliche Geschichte (Korean Edition)
Unendliche Geschichte (Korean Edition)
2003-01-01
Cover of: The Neverending Story
The Neverending Story
1997, Dutton Children's Books
Hardcover in English - First Edition
Cover of: The Neverending Story
The Neverending Story
1997, Puffin Books
Paperback in English - 1st printing
Cover of: La storia infinita
La storia infinita: dalla A alla Z
1990, Longanesi
in Italian - 25. ed.
Cover of: Het oneindige verhaal
Het oneindige verhaal
1985-05, Sijthoff
Hardcover in Dutch - 7th edition
Cover of: The Neverending Story
The Neverending Story
1984, Penguin Books
Paperback in English
Cover of: L'Histoire sans fin
L'Histoire sans fin: roman
1984, Stock
in French
Cover of: The Neverending Story
The Neverending Story
1983, Doubleday & Company, Doubleday
Hardcover in English - 2nd printing

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New York, USA

Edition Notes

"Ages 10 up"--Cover p. [4].
US/CAN

Other Titles
Never ending story
Copyright Date
1997

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
[Fic]
Library of Congress
PZ7.E6964 Ne 1997, PZ7.E6964Ne 1997

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
444 p. :
Number of pages
444

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1010717M
Internet Archive
neverendingstory00ende_0
ISBN 10
0140386335
ISBN 13
9780140386332
LCCN
96051187
Google
lbPSvwEACAAJ
Library Thing
1174144
Goodreads
44104304

Work Description

Ein geheimnisvolles Buch schlägt Bastian in seinen Bann: Die unendliche Geschichte. Begeistert nimmt er teil an den wilden Abenteuern ihres Helden Atréju und an dessen gefährlichen Auftrag: Das Traumreich Phantásien und seine Herrscherin, die Kindliche Kaiserin, zu retten. Mit der Zeit jedoch spürt Bastian, dass er mehr als nur ein unbeteiligter Zuschauer ist. Bis er sich unversehens selbst in Phantásien wiederfindet ...
Damit beginnt das Abenteuer seines Lebens: „Tu was du willst“ steht auf dem Symbol der uneingeschränkten Herrschaftsgewalt in Phantásien. Doch was der Satz bedeutet, merkt Bastian erst als es fast schon zu spät ist. Denn seine wahre Aufgabe ist es nicht, Phantásien zu beherrschen, sondern wieder herauszufinden. Wie aber verläßt man ein Reich, das keine Grenzen hat? Mit seinem unsterblichen Meisterwerk schrieb sich Michael Ende in die Herzen junger und junggebliebener Leser auf der ganzen Welt. Ein Märchenroman für Kinder und Erwachsene, dessen Faszination und beispielloser Erfolg bis heute ungebrochen sind.
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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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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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