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The city of Dreaming Books : a novel from Zamonia / by Optimus Yarnspinner ; translated from the Zamonian and illustrated by Walter Moers, whose German text was translated into English by John Brownjohn.
Van Pelt Library PT2673.O293 S73 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moers, Walter, 1957-
- Standardized Title:
- Stadt der Träumenden Bücher. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Books and reading--Fiction.
- Books and reading.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Fantasy fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 455 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Pr, 2007.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the German.
- Summary:
- Optimus Yarnspinner travels to Bookholm on a quest to find the anonymous author of a manuscript that he inherited from his godfather, and during his journey he encounters many strange inhabitants of the so-called City of Dreaming Books.
- Contents:
- Pt. 1. Dancelot's bequest
- Pt. 2. The catacombs of Bookholm.
- ISBN:
- 9781585678990
- 1585678996
- OCLC:
- 149009059
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