A Wild ride through the night
Subtitle: suggested by twenty-one illustrations by Gustave Doré
Contributors: Brownjohn, J. Maxwell 1929-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Overlook Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Woodstock, New York, USA
Language: eng
Translated from: ger
Translation of: Wilde Reise durch die Nacht
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781585678730
Work titles: Wilde Reise durch die Nacht
Description: In a world between legend and dream, A Wild Ride through the Night describes the exhilarating and comic adventures of his twelve-year-old protagonist Gustave, a boy who aspires one day to be a great artist. When a disaster at sea puts Gustave in the uncompromising hands of Death, he has the choice to give up the ghost or take on a series of six impossible tasks. Gustave embarks on a strange and perilous journey during which he must save a princess from an angry dragon, pull a tooth from the Most Monstrous of All Monsters, fly over the moon, and even, somehow, meet his own self. Will Gustave's creativity and imagination be able to save him from his fate?
Notes: This translation originally published: London: Secker & Warburg, 2003.