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The City of Dreaming Books (original title: Die Stadt der Träumenden Bücher) is the fourth novel in the Zamonia series written and illustrated by German author Walter Moers, but the third to be translated into English by John Brownjohn. The German version was released in Autumn 2004, and the English version followed in Autumn 2007. [1]
Walter Moers's Zamonia novels are works of fantasy literature presented as literary fragments of the world of Zamonia. [15] In the course of the publications, Moers's authorship was fictitiously reduced further and further, from author and helper (The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear) to editor and illustrator (Ensel and Krete, The City of Dreaming Books) to second-tier editor (The Alchemaster's ...
Käpt'n Blaubär – Der Film (Captain Bluebear – The Movie), a traditionally animated movie based on the television series, was released in German theaters in 1999, coinciding with the novel's original release. [4] A musical version of the novel premiered in October 2006 in Cologne, adapted by Heiko Wohlgemuth and music composed by Martin ...
The book ends with the death of the antagonist and thus the rescue of the heroine. In his previous novels, Moers describes such a happy ending as atypical for Zamonian literature. [citation needed] In Princess Insomnia, Walter Moers once again works heavily with different types of wordplay, such as neologisms and anagrams.
The Thread leads him to a city aptly named Wolperting, full of Wolpertings and intensely guarded. Rumo discovers the source of his Silver Thread - a beautiful female Wolperting named Rala. During his time in Wolperting Rumo attends school to learn swordsmanship and receives his first sword, a small, two-pronged, talking Demonic Sword.
The Alchemaster's Apprentice is a fantasy novel by Walter Moers, first published in August 2007.It is the fifth of his novels set on the continent of Zamonia, and as in the earlier Ensel and Krete and The City of Dreaming Books, Moers purports to be acting merely as the translator of a work by the Zamonian writer Optimus Yarnspinner.
Pages in category "Novels by Walter Moers" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... The City of Dreaming Books; E. Ensel and Krete; P.
A Wild Ride Through the Night (German: Wilde Reise durch die Nacht) is a novel by the German author/cartoonist Walter Moers. It was first published in German in 2001 and is the story of Gustave Doré, a young boy who goes on a fantastical adventure to defy Death. The story is based on 12 engravings by Gustave Doré. [1]