Momo: o La extraña historia de los ladrones del tiempo y de la niña que devolvió el tiempo a los hombres: una novela-cuento de hadas

Paperback, 255 pages

Spanish language

Published June 11, 1984 by Alfaguara.

ISBN:: 978-84-204-3211-3

(5 reviews)

The Neverending Story is Michael Ende's best-known book, but Momo, published six years earlier, is the all-ages fantasy novel that first won him wide acclaim. After the sweet-talking gray men come to town, life becomes terminally efficient. Can Momo, a young orphan girl blessed with the gift of listening, vanquish the ashen-faced time thieves before joy vanishes forever?

77 editions

Anthony Burgess reviewed Momo by Michael Ende

Now what you would expect from a childrens book

5 stars

I started reading this, because I already heard about it being as interesting for adults as it is for children. Now I think this book is much more written for adults anyway and I wonder how children interpret the story.

I don't think I even have to sell it much, it's not that long and it goes through the topic of being thoughtful with how you are using your time in life, but in a different way than you might expect.

Would recommend, it's a short but surprisingly deep book.