A Wild Ride Through The Night - Hardcover

Moers, Walter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0436220547 ISBN 13: 9780436220548

Publisher: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

In a world between legend and dream, in a time between childhood and adulthood, Walter Moers describes the exhilarating and comic adventures of 12-year-old Gustave, a boy who aspires one day to be a great artist. But before he can achieve this, Gustave must first tackle Mysterious Giants and a Siamese Twins Tornado; he also finds himself encountering the Greatest Monster of All, freeing a maiden from the claws of a dragon, riding through a forest full of ghosts, navigating a Galactic Gully and meeting a dream princess, a talking horse, scantily-clad Amazons and even his own self. Having made a wager with death for nothing less than his life and his soul, he must travel from the earth to the moon and back in a single night. Using twenty-one drawings from the work of Gustave Dore, the most successful illustrator of the 19th century, Walter Moers has created a wondrous and utterly delightful tale.

About this title

Review:

"More monsters than a Hogwarts menagerie, sufficient bizarre encounters to rival Gulliver's Travels - a sparkling treasure trove" (The Glasgow Herald)

From the Publisher:

By the author of the internationally bestselling The 131/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear

About this edition

• Publisher: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0436220547
• ISBN 13: 9780436220548
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208