The Neverending Story
First publication date: 1979
Form of creative work: novel
Genre: metafiction, bildungsroman, literary fairy tale, fantasy, adventure fiction, speculative fiction, children's novel
Original title: Die unendliche Geschichte
Original language: German
Subtitle: Von A bis Z
Inspired by: Odyssey, Faust, Part Two, Zen in the Art of Archery, Tao Te Ching, Bible, Parzival, Arthurian romance, Nibelungenlied, The Golden Pot, Heinrich von Ofterdingen, The Little Prince, The Last Unicorn, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Oedipus Rex, Der Handschuh, Little Zaches called Cinnabar, Gargantua and Pantagruel
Main subject: fantasy, escapology, Rationalization, mind–body dualism, narration, will, memory, individuation
Narrative location: Fantastica, Howling Forest, Ivory Tower, Grassy Ocean, The Swamps of Sadness, land of Dead Mountains, Three Magic Gates, Gelichterland, Spook City, Schicksalsgebirge, Wandering Mountain, das Ei, Perilin, Goab, Temple of a Thousand Doors, Amarganth, Moru, Oglais, The Seeing Hand, Star Cloister, City of the Old Emperors, Yskál, House of Change, Picture Mine, Auryn
Characters: The Childlike Empress, Bastian Balthazar Bux, Atreyu, Falkor, Engywook, The Old Man of Wandering Mountain, Urgl, Gmork, Carl Conrad Coreander, Xayide, Dame Eyola, Argax, Grograman, Pyornkrachzark, Whooshwoozool, Gluckuk, Blubb, Cairon, Artax, Morla, Ygramul, Uyulala, Four Winds Giants, Hynreck, Oglamar, Hýkrion, Hýsbald, Hýdorn, Querquobad, Yikka, Ilwan, Uschtu, Schirkrie, Jisipu, Yor, Bastians Vater
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The Neverending Story (German: Die unendliche Geschichte) is a fantasy novel by German writer Michael Ende, published in 1979. The first English translation, by Ralph Manheim, was published in 1983. It was later adapted into a film series. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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22- Date of publication: 1997ISBN-13: 978-0-525-45758-9
- ISBN-13: 978-0-14-007431-4
- Date of publication: 1985ISBN-13: 978-0-14-031793-0
- Date of publication: 1991ISBN-13: 978-0-89966-807-9
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