Over two hundred years ago Bookholm, the City of Dreaming Books, was destroyed by a catastrophic firestorm.
It’s a fun read, packed with Moers’s typical wordplay, not to mention his lovingly detailed illustrations…catnip for anyone with a passion for languages
Moers fans will find everything they love: strange lifeforms, ample digressions, learned allusions, a plethora of anagrams, and the disturbing illustrations that are just as fine as they are humorous
Yarnspinner is a popstar, the Michael Jackson of the printed word: in short, a hero
Walter Moers was born in 1957 and is a writer, cartoonist, painter and sculptor. He is the creator of the comic strips
The Little Asshole and
Adolf and his novels include of the cult bestseller
The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear,
The City of Dreaming Books and
The Alchemaster's Apprentice. He lives in Hamburg.