
A Wild Ride Through The Night
Walter Moers(Author)
Vintage (Publisher)
Published on 5. February 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-09-945017-7 (ISBN)
Description
Using twenty-one drawings from the work of Gustave Dor-, the most successful illustrator of the 19th century, Walter Moers has created a wondrous and utterly delightful tale. In a world between legend and dream, in a time between childhood and adulthood, A Wild Ride Through the Night describes the exhilarating and comic adventures of 12-year-old Gustave, a boy who aspires one day to be a great artist. But before he can achieve this, Gustave must first tackle Mysterious Giants and a Siamese Twins Tornado; he also finds himself encountering the Greatest Monster of All, freeing a maiden from the claws of a dragon, riding through a forest full of ghosts, navigating a Galactic Gully and meeting a dream princess, a talking horse, scantily-clad Amazons and even his own self. Having made a wager with death for nothing less than his life and his soul, he must travel from the earth to the moon and back in a single night.
Reviews / Votes
More monsters than a Hogwarts menagerie, sufficient bizarre encounters to rival Gulliver's Travels - a sparkling treasure trove * The Glasgow Herald *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
325 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-09-945017-7 (9780099450177)
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A Wild Ride Through The Night
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Persons
Walter Moers was born in 1957 and is a writer, cartoonist, painter and sculptor. He has refused to be photographed ever since his comic strips The Little Asshole and Adolf were published, the latter leading him to be declared persona non grata by the political right in Germany. The 13- Lives of Captain Bluebear was published to superb reviews and has sold 250,000 hardback copies in Germany. Walter Moers lives in Hamburg.