The City of Dreaming Books
Subtitle: a novel from Zamonia by Optimus Yarnspinner
By: translated from the Zamonian and illustrated by Walter Moers whose German text was translated into English by John Brownjohn.
Contributors: Brownjohn, John.
Publisher: Overlook Press
Published: September 6, 2007
Place of publication: Woodstock, USA
Language: eng
Translated from: ger
Translation of: Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9781585678990
Work titles: Stadt der Träumenden Bücher.
Description: Overlook has published three of Walter Moers's hilarious and beloved Zamonia books and The City of Dreaming Books, a fantastic tale for every book lover, is his most popular yet. Optimus Yanspinner inherits from his godfather an unpublished manuscript by an unknown writer and sets off to track down the mysterious author, who disappeared into Bookholm--the so-called City of Dreaming Books. Yarnspinner falls under the spell of this book-obsessed metropolis, where an avid-reader and budding author can find any number of charming attractions--priceless signed first editions, salivating literary agents, and for-hire critics. But as Yarnspinner pursues the trail of the missing author, the darker side of Bookholm begins to unveil itself--cold-blooded book hunters, fearsome cyclopean booklings, sharp-toothed animotomes, and of course, the Shadow King, whose howls rise from deep beneath the city at night. Will Yarnspinner survive his quest into this world where reading is a genuine adventure?
Notes: Originally published: London : Harvill Secker, 2006.