Hardcover, 224 pages
English language
Published May 27, 2003 by Secker & Warburg.
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 …
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.
Ein Kind erlebt wilde Abenteuer im Kampf bzw. bei einer Wette gegen den Tod. Ich mag die Bücher von Walter Moers eigentlich sehr. Dieses hier ist für mich leider zu wimmelig und zu wenig lustig. Es wurde versucht, zu viel hineinzupacken. Kommt für mich absolut nicht an Käpt'n Blaubär heran.
Konnte nicht so richtig mitfiebern. Alles viel zu vorhersehbar und nicht überragend kreativ. Allein die Illustrationen und Moers Gedanken über deren Illustratoren, Gustave Doré haben mich irgendwie berührt.
