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The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The City of Dreaming Books about?
In this new Zamonian adventure, Optimus Yarnspinner, a young writer, inherits from his beloved godfather an unpublished short story by an unknown author.The search for the author's identity takes Yarnspinner to Bookholm—the so-called City of Dreaming Books. On entering its streets, our hero feels as if he has opened the door of a gigantic second-hand bookshop. His nostrils are assailed by clouds of book dust, the stimulating scent of ancient leather, and the tang of printer's ink. Soon, though, Yarnspinner falls into the clutches of the city's evil genius, Pfistomel Smyke, who treacherously maroons him in the labyrinthine catacombs underneath the city, where reading books can be genuinely dangerous. In The City of Dreaming Books, Walter Moers transports us to a magical world where reading is a remarkable adventure. Only those intrepid souls who are prepared to join Yarnspinner on his perilous journey should read this book. We wish the rest of you a long, safe, unutterably dull and boring life!
Who reads The City of Dreaming Books?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Walter Moers
- Publisher
- Harvill Secker
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781590203682
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (316 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- La Cité Des Livres Qui Rêvent (2006)
- The City of dreaming books : a novel from Zamonia by Optimus Yarnspinner translated from the Zamonian and illustrated by Walter Moers whose German text was tran (2007)
- Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher: ein Roman aus Zamonien von Hildegunst von Mythenmetz (2007)
- Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher: ein Roman aus Zamonien von Hildegunst von Mythenmetz (2010)
- Les romans de Zamonie - 04 - La cité des livres qui rêvent (2006)
- The City of Dreaming Books (2011)
- The City of Dreaming Books (Zamonia 3) (2008)
- The 13 1/2 lives of Captain Bluebear : being the demibiography of a seagoing bear ... and excerpts from the 'Encyclopedia of the marvels, life forms and other p (2008)
- The City of Dreaming Books (2005)
- The city of dreaming books : a novel from Zamonia by Optimus Yarnspinner (2007)
- The City of Dreaming Books (2007)
- The City of dreaming books : a novel from Zamonia by Optimus Yarnspinner translated from the Zamonian and illustrated by Walter Moers whose German text was tran (2004)
- The City of dreaming books : a novel from Zamonia by Optimus Yarnspinner translated from the Zamonian and illustrated by Walter Moers whose German text was tran (2008)
