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Los Mejores Cuentos De Michael Ende

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Essas historias infantis - do mesmo autor de Historia sem Fim - estao reunidas pela primeira vez, ilustradas por Bernhard Oberdieck. "Quando o ser humano esquece que tem um mundo interior, esquece tambem seus valores reais".

432 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 1, 1994

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Michael Ende

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Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende was a German writer of fantasy and children's literature. He was the son of the surrealist painter Edgar Ende.

Ende was one of the most popular and famous German authors of the 20th century, mostly due to the enormous success of his children's books. However, Ende was not strictly a children’s author, as he also wrote books for adults. Ende claimed, "It is for this child in me, and in all of us, that I tell my stories," and that "[my books are] for any child between 80 and 8 years" (qtd. Senick 95, 97). Ende’s writing could be described as a surreal mixture of reality and fantasy. The reader is often invited to take a more interactive role in the story, and the worlds in his books often mirror our reality, using fantasy to bring light to the problems of an increasingly technological modern society.

Ende was also known as a proponent of economic reform, and claimed to have had the concept of aging money in mind when writing Momo. He was interested in and influenced by anthroposophy.

Die unendliche Geschichte (The Neverending Story) is Ende's best known work. Other books include Momo and Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer (Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver). Michael Ende's works have been translated into more than 40 languages and sold more than 20 million copies, and have been adapted into motion pictures, stage plays, operas and audio books.

He died in Stuttgart of stomach cancer.

AKA:
Μίχαελ Έντε (Greek)

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Profile Image for Guilherme Semionato.
Author 13 books77 followers
May 6, 2019
Michael Ende always hints at extraordinary things (ideas, images, observations) in those 15 tales, but, while pleasant, they end up falling short. In some of the stories there's not-so-subtle teaching stuff happening (I can forgive this on fables, but that's it). One is just jarring; the thing has no plot, no tension, no conflict, no character development. Others just ramble on, with some bizarre denouements that feel emotionally unearned. And there are some lovely tales that needed more time and space to grow. All stories are in the 2-3,5* range, except two, which are terrific: the marvellous introduction (the absolute highlight; it's sad when the introduction is the highlight, no?) and the other is a very mysterious tale of a man's life (the author's) spiralling out of control after the appearance of a freakishly tall boy. Eerie but funny, and the eerie/funny combo is dear to me. Some of the stories here were translated to several languages, so I rated 10 or so individually. I didn't find those two I liked most, alas (the introduction here *is* a short story, and would be lovely as a stand alone picture book).

(Read it in Portuguese; not the Spanish edition, featured here.)
Profile Image for Jimena.
9 reviews19 followers
May 21, 2012
Cuentos lindísimos, leí tantas veces éste libro cuando era niña que casi se me despastó. El secreto de Lena, y el teatro de sombras de Ofelia, me encantaron.
Profile Image for Lucia.
18 reviews9 followers
September 26, 2016
Las historias son disfrutables incluso en una edad mayor. Es de esos pocos libros que me ha hech soñar y volver a una niñez que me hubiera gustado tener.
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156 reviews1 follower
April 30, 2025
Una compilación de cuentos del mismo maestro de la imaginación que escribió Momo y La historia interminable. Con esta premisa inicial nada puede salir mal. Además esta edición cuenta con unos dibujos o ilustraciones de lo mas acertadas con el tono de las historias y personajes que componen la obra.
Hay algunos cuentos largos que han sido editados por si solos, como "El secreto de Lena", que yo ya había leído antes, pero el resto eran nuevos para mi. Diría que además todos los cuentos me han gustado incluso mas que el secreto de Lena, por lo que ha sido un descubrimiento de los mas gratificante.
Mi peque también lo ha disfrutado y nos hemos reído juntos de las ocurrencias y locuras de los protagonistas de las historias.
Cuando uno cree que ya no puede salir con algo fuera de lo ya leído o pensado, Michael Ende consigue retorcer nuestra imaginación un poco mas, dar otra vuelta de rosca en el engranaje de la creatividad y llevarnos a un nivel más de maravillosa locura. Recomendado para todas las edades, como suele pasar con los escritorios que trascienden épocas, fronteras y generaciones.
Profile Image for Carolina Gonzalez.
244 reviews15 followers
December 15, 2017
Bellos cuentos infantiles, muy recomendables como primeras lecturas para chicos. No cabe duda que Michael Ende es un gran maestro de la fantasía.

Mis favoritos fueron: La Escuela de Magia, Tranquila Tragaleguas, No importa, La historia de la sopera y el cazo y El Teatro de las Sombras de Ofelia.
Profile Image for Iván Masip.
23 reviews
November 25, 2017
Michael Ende nunca defrauda. Esta colección de la mayoría de sus cuentos es exquisita y se disfruta a todas las edades. No cae en la sensiblería ni la cursilería. Como siempre, desborda imaginación y el ingenio.
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594 reviews81 followers
May 29, 2011
3.5

Eine insgesamt schöne Sammlung von Endes Geschichten, allerdings waren ein paar Geschichten dabei, die mir nicht so gefallen hatten, bei manchen kam ich mir auch irgendwie etwas zu alt vor :/
Aber besonders toll fand ich "Tranquilla Trampeltreu", "Norbert Nackendick", "Das Traumfresserchen" und "Ophelias Schattentheater". Ich glaube, die Bilderbücher werde ich mir im Buchladen mal genauer ansehen, in der Sammlung sind ja nicht alle Bilder vorhanden :)
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