The
Labyrinth of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers, a new Zamonia novel, is published next month
(Harvill Secker £20.00). This edition was translated from the German by John
Brownjohn. The book is embellished with many cartoons by the author.
“Over two hundred years ago Bookholm, the
City of Dreaming Books, was destroyed by a catastrophic firestorm. Optimus
Yarnspinner, who witnessed this disaster, has since become Zamonia's greatest
writer and is resting on his laurels at Lindworm Castle. Spoilt by his
monumental success and basking in adulation, he one day receives a disturbing
message that finally reinvests his life with meaning: a cryptic missive that
lures him back to Bookholm.
Rebuilt on a magnificent scale, the city is once more a vibrant literary metropolis and Mecca of the book trade teeming with book fanatics of all kinds. On the track of the mysterious letter that brought him there, Yarnspinner has scarcely set foot in the city before he falls prey to its spirit of adventure. He is reunited with old friends like Inazia Anazazi the Uggly and Ahmed ben Kibitzer the Nocturnomath, but he also encounters the city's new marvels, which include the mysterious Biblionauts, the warring Puppetists, and the city's latest craze, the Invisible Theatre.”
Rebuilt on a magnificent scale, the city is once more a vibrant literary metropolis and Mecca of the book trade teeming with book fanatics of all kinds. On the track of the mysterious letter that brought him there, Yarnspinner has scarcely set foot in the city before he falls prey to its spirit of adventure. He is reunited with old friends like Inazia Anazazi the Uggly and Ahmed ben Kibitzer the Nocturnomath, but he also encounters the city's new marvels, which include the mysterious Biblionauts, the warring Puppetists, and the city's latest craze, the Invisible Theatre.”
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