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Hi, It's me, StoryDragon! I'm here to read and talk about awesome books. You might see me on the Fediverse on my Mastodon account too: @storydragon@dragonscave.space.
My previous Bookwyrm account was on wyrms.de.

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26% complete! StoryDragon has read 11 of 42 books.

Walter Moers: Die Stadt der Träumenden Bücher (Paperback, German language, 2017, Penguin Verlag)

Nichts ist gefährlicher als das Zauberreich der Literatur

Das geniale Manuskript eines unbekannten Autors treibt …

A lovely book. I definitely recommend it.

Die Stadt der Träumenden Bücher is a wonderful story in which is played with literature in a beautiful way. There are lots of references to German literary history, as this book not only tells the story of Hildegunst von Mythenmetz' adventures in Buchhaim, but also gives an overview of the so-called literary history of Zamonia. Fabulous! What I also love about this work is that it contains several poems. For example, there is a poem by a certain Hulgo Bla, a follower of 'Gagaism', which is clearly based on the German Hugo Ball, known for his Dadaist work.

“Pardon me,” Mein Herr respectfully replied, “I did not say ‘small-talk’. I said ‘conversation’. All such topics as the weather, or politics, or local gossip, are unknown among us. They are either vapid or controversial. What we need for conversation is a topic of interest and of novelty.”

The complete illustrated Lewis Carroll by  (Page 543)

(Quote from Sylvie and Bruno Concluded)

That definitely sounds lovely for some of us...