![]() ![]() ![]() Both have signed a Faust-like pact with their devilish superiors promising to destroy at least 10 species of animals and 10,000 of trees by midnight on New Year’s Eve. There are two archvillains in this updated fairy tale: Beelzebub Preposteror, crafty sorcerer, and Tyrannia Vampiretta, a money-mad witch. Tired of being continually labeled an escapist writer, he left Germany in 1970 for Italy, where he wrote two widely acclaimed novels, “Momo” and “The Neverending Story.” In his latest book he aims a few barbs at the film industry-the devil says that nothing authentic ever comes out of Hollywood-and at critics, those “little spirits who spend their lives grumping about books.”Īt the risk of sounding like one of those book grumps, I must admit that I did not find “The Night of Wishes” as compelling as “The Neverending Story” or as moving as “Momo.” Still, I enjoyed it almost as much as did my 11-year-old daughter, who, for the record, preferred it to “Momo.” ![]() Ende has not always had an easy time of it with critics. ![]()
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