Pre-Owned A Wild Ride Through the Night (Hardcover) by Walter Moers, John Brown

from karmified

Fascinating, wistful tale based on Gustave Dore's sketches.

from karmified

Fascinating, wistful tale based on Gustave Dore's sketches.

from MillieHennessy

Before this book, I'd never heard of the artist, Gustave Doré, and now I'm fascinated with his work! I thought the concept of this story was very original - Moers selected some of Doré's illustrations and linked them together with a fantastical story about the life of young Gustave. If you're a f...

from tapestry100

Walter Moers' A Wild Ride Through the Night is a very clever book. Moers takes 21 of Doré's illustrations and uses them to create a story of how Doré grew up to became the artist that he did. The illustrations are taken from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Orlando Furioso, The Raven, Don Quixote...

from SteWi

Das Buch ist ein wenig schwer zu verstehen, wenn einem die philosophischen Hintergründe fehlen, aber es ist ein Meisterwerk von Moers ohne Gleichen. Ich kann nur jedem empfehlen sich auf dieses Buch einzulassen und sich mitreisen zu lassen durch einen Traum, der spannender, philosophischer und mu...