The Alchemaster's Apprentice: A Novel - Softcover

Moers, Walter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590204042 ISBN 13: 9781590204047

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, 2010

Synopsis

The first three books set in Zamonia the mythical land created by Walter Moers, whose work has been compared to J.K. Rowling, Douglas Adams, and Shel Silverstein have achieved raucous critical acclaim and created hundreds of thousands of die-hard fans here and all over the world. Now Moers returns with a fourth "relentlessly whimsical" fantasy (Library Journal).

About this title

About the Author:

Walter Moers is the author of The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear, Rumo, A Wild Ride Through the Night, The City of Dreaming Books, and The Alchemaster's Apprentice, all published by Overlook.

John Brown is the award-winning translator of Walter Moers, Michael Ende, and many other German writers.

Review:

Praise for Walter Moers

"Incredible level of imagination, stunning artwork, twisted, wild, brutally humorous Moers as a storyteller is a true original, a one-off whose sensibility and talent cannot be duplicated. Absolutely magnificent."
-Jeff VanderMeer for Omnivoracious

"Equal parts J.K. Rowling, Douglas Adams, and Shel Silverstein."
-Washington Post

"This is a children's book for adults who want to remember the joy of youth, but want more complexity."
-Philadelphia Weekly

"Cheerfully insane. Remains lively and inventive right through the final heroic battle between good and evil."
-The New York Times Book Review

"Moers's great strength, as evidenced by the multitude of characters he presents, is his creativity. Less a text and more an imagination on paper."
-Philadelphia Enquirer

"A yarn of drollery, deeper meaning and sheer lunacy."
-Rolling Stone

About this edition

• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1590204042
• ISBN 13: 9781590204047
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384