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Michael Ende (1929–1995)

Author of The Neverending Story

175+ Works 19,824 Members 383 Reviews 79 Favorited
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About the Author

Children's author Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende was born on November 12, 1929 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. He worked as an actor, director, film critic and scriptwriter before turning to writing children's books. He was the only child of the surrealist painter Edgar Ende. His best known work show more is The Neverending Story (1979), which was adapted into a film and two sequels. Another book, Jim Knopf and Lukas the Engine, was made into both a television and radio series. Ende died in Germany on August 29, 1995. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Michael Ende

The Neverending Story (1983) — Author — 12,182 copies
Momo (1973) — Author — 4,007 copies
The Night of Wishes (1989) 981 copies
The Mirror in the Mirror (1984) 377 copies
Jim Button and the Wild 13 (1962) 339 copies
The Prison of Freedom (1992) 129 copies
Das Gauklermärchen (1901) 101 copies
Ophelia's Shadow Theatre (1732) 68 copies
The Dream Eater (1978) 62 copies
Lenchens Geheimnis (1991) 61 copies
El espejo en el espejo (1993) 34 copies
Filemon Faltenreich (1984) 30 copies
Der Teddy und die Tiere (1901) 22 copies
Das Schnurpsenbuch (1969) 18 copies
Das kleine Lumpenkasperle (1975) 15 copies
Das Michael Ende Lesebuch. (1995) 15 copies
El Goggolori (1984) 8 copies
Fiabe e favole (1997) 8 copies
Momo. 3 CDs (2005) 7 copies
Die Rüpelschule (2002) 6 copies
Lirum Larum Willi Warum (1978) 4 copies
Mein Lesebuch. (1983) 3 copies
Omnibus 3 copies
Lyseslukkerne (1967) 3 copies
Worte wie Träume (1991) 3 copies
Poveste fără sfârşit (2005) 3 copies
Die Schattennähmaschine (1982) 2 copies
Theaterstücke (1999) 2 copies
Ich lese gern (2014) 2 copies
A Escola De Magia (2010) 1 copy
Jim Nasturel 1 copy
Estuche Jim Boton (1901) 1 copy
Ich lese selbst (2013) 1 copy
Momo 1 copy

Associated Works

The NeverEnding Story [1984 film] (1984) — Original book — 565 copies
The Neverending Story II - The Next Chapter [1990 film] (1989) — Original book — 137 copies
Celebrate Cricket: 30 Years of Stories and Art (2003) — Contributor — 43 copies
Ich schenk dir eine Geschichte 1997 (1997) — Contributor — 9 copies
Neues vom Rumpelstilzchen und andere Haus-Märchen von 43 Autoren (1981) — Contributor, some editions — 5 copies

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Marks in The Neverending Story in Folio Society Devotees (January 31)
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The Winner of Folio 75 is The Neverending Story in Folio Society Devotees (October 2022)

Reviews

This is one of the most important books on dreaming I've ever read. It's the reason why I love fantasy and dreaming, and it motivates me to this day to keep imagining and exploring and contemplating possibilities. I believe we are in a sea of infinite parallel universes, with infinite possibilities and combinations, which makes me think that really if you imagine it, it IS real, at least somewhere in another universe. Humans nowadays more than ever need to dream, as dreaming enables us to see out into the stars, to find our place in the universe and remember that we aren't the center of everything. This book from a young age enabled me to see many things missed that are in plain sight. To speculate and to always, always ask myself "what if?" or "could it be?", The snakes biting each other's tail on the AURYN truly are symbolic of the SEEN and the UNSEEN worlds that we live with and around an inside on a daily basis.

I don't expect everyone or even a few people to have the same experience that I did, but I know there are a few out there, true dreamers that want to see beyond our world. For me this book felt like a real door to Fantasia, the realm of dreams and infinite possibilities.
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ggulick | 228 other reviews | May 29, 2024 |
Gert Heidenreich hat als Sprecher dieses Hörbuches richtig Spaß gemacht. Seine Stimme war warm und berührend. Auch, wie er sie verstellt hat, wenn er das eine oder andere Fantasiewesen gesprochen hat. Toll!

Doch am Ende wurde mir die gesamte Geschichte immer langatmiger und Bastian immer unsympathischer.

Eine ausführliche Rezension wird noch folgen, sobald ich die Printausgabe gelesen habe.
 
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RoXXieSiXX | 228 other reviews | May 20, 2024 |
 
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RoXXieSiXX | May 20, 2024 |
One of the most creative books I ever read, a true classic.
 
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