The Neverending Story

by Ende, Michael

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. -

First Edition Identification

The true first edition was published by K. Thienemanns Verlag in 1979. The first English-language editions were published simultaneously in New York and London by Doubleday and Allen Lane, respectively.

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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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by Ende, Michael (Author) & Ralph Manheim (translator)

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by Ende, Michael | translated By Ralph Manheim; illustrations by Roswitha Quadflieg

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by Michael Ende

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by Ende, Michael

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by Michael Ende

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Paperback / softback. New. <b>Read the book that inspired the classic coming-of-age film! From award-winning German author Michael Ende, <i>The Neverending Story </i>is a classic tale of one boy and the book that magically comes to life. </b><br /><br />When Bastian happens upon an old book called <i>The Neverending Story</i>, he's swept into the magical world of Fantastica--so much that… Read more about this item
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