The Neverending Story (novel)

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German novel fantasy novel

The Neverending Story is a 1979 fantasy novel by Michael Ende that follows a boy who becomes part of a magical world called Fantastica through a mysterious book, exploring themes of imagination, identity, and the power of storytelling.

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The NeverEnding Story 1
The Neverending Story (1979 novel) 1

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instanceOf German novel ⓘ
fantasy novel ⓘ
adaptedAs The NeverEnding Story (1984 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The NeverEnding Story III: Escape from Fantasia (1994 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Neverending Story (radio drama) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Neverending Story (stage musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Michael Ende NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived Buxtehude Bull (1980) NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralConflict The Nothing consuming Fantastica NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
coverArtist Roswitha Quadflieg NERFINISHED ⓘ
EnglishTranslator Ralph Manheim NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre children's literature ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
young adult literature ⓘ
hasPart first half: Atreyu's quest to save Fantastica ⓘ
second half: Bastian's adventures in Fantastica ⓘ
hasTranslation English ⓘ
influenced fantasy literature ⓘ
language German ⓘ
mainCharacter Atreyu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bastian Balthazar Bux NERFINISHED ⓘ
Falkor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gmork NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Childlike Empress NERFINISHED ⓘ
Xayide NERFINISHED ⓘ
motif magic book ⓘ
naming ⓘ
wishes ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
notableFeature dual-color printing in some editions ⓘ
story within a story ⓘ
originalTitle Die unendliche Geschichte NERFINISHED ⓘ
pageCount approximately 400 pages ⓘ
publicationYear 1979 ⓘ
publisher Thienemann Verlag NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting Fantastica NERFINISHED ⓘ
human world ⓘ
structure frame narrative ⓘ
symbol AURYN amulet NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetAudience children ⓘ
young adults ⓘ
theme escapism ⓘ
identity ⓘ
imagination ⓘ
power of storytelling ⓘ
responsibility ⓘ
wish fulfillment ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory 20th century ⓘ

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The NeverEnding Story (1984 film) → basedOn → The Neverending Story (novel) ⓘ
Bernd Eichinger → notableWork → The Neverending Story (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The NeverEnding Story
Manifesto → hasPart → The Neverending Story (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Neverending Story
Falkor → characterIn → The Neverending Story (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Neverending Story
Falkor → firstAppearance → The Neverending Story (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Neverending Story (1979 novel)