The City of Dreaming Books - Softcover

Moers, Walter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590201116 ISBN 13: 9781590201114

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, 2008

Synopsis

The search for the author's identity takes Yarnspinner to Bookholm--the so-called City of Dreaming Books. On entering its streets, our hero feels as if he has opened the door of a gigantic second-hand bookshop. His nostrils are assailed by clouds of book dust, the stimulating scent of ancient leather, and the tang of printer's ink. Soon, though, Yarnspinner falls into the clutches of the city's evil genius, Pfistomel Smyke, who treacherously maroons him in the labyrinthine catacombs underneath the city, where reading books can be genuinely dangerous. In The City of Dreaming Books, Walter Moers transports us to a magical world where reading is a remarkable adventure. Only those intrepid souls who are prepared to join Yarnspinner on his perilous journey should read this book. We wish the rest of you a long, safe, unutterably dull and boring life!

About this title

Review:

"Praise for The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear : 'Marvellously fantastical' Sunday Express"

"'A yarn of drollery, deeper meaning and sheer lunacy' Rolling Stone"

From the Publisher:

A book about books. An other extraordinary adventure from the remakable mind of Walter Moers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1590201116
• ISBN 13: 9781590201114
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464