Momo

by Michael Ende | Children's Books |
ISBN: 2010143515 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wollie on 9/13/2004
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Journal Entry 1 by wollie on Monday, September 13, 2004
voor Wilmar!

Journal Entry 2 by Wilmar from Leiden, Zuid-Holland Netherlands on Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Wat een verrassing wollie! Gisteren vond ik maar liefst drie boeken in mijn brievenbus, vergezeld van een mooie Pipi-kaart.

Echt heel lief, deze Random Act of BookCrossing Kindness!

Ik heb Momo in het Nederlands gelezen toen ik klein was, en al jaren wil ik het weer eens herlezen. Eigenlijk was mijn voornemen in het Duits, maar nu wordt het dus Engels.
Ik vermoed dat ik het boek nu veel beter zal begrijpen, en er ook veel meer in zal zien dan toen (ik was 9 of 10, ofzo). Gaan we lezen dus!

Hartstikke bedankt!

Journal Entry 3 by Wilmar from Leiden, Zuid-Holland Netherlands on Saturday, September 3, 2005
Michael Ende (1973) Momo. Middlesex/New York/Victoria etc.: Penguin Books. [236 pagina's]

Vanavond uitgelezen.

Sorry dat ik er zo lang over heb gedaan om er aan te beginnen, wollie!

I will continue this journal entry in English because the book will be travelling on to amberjane in the UK soon, who had it on her wish list as well.

"Just as people have eyes to see light with and ears to hear sounds with, so they have hearts for the appreciation of time." Professor Secundus Minutus Hora in Momo, on page 143.

I think I read this book for the first time when I was 11 years old. At that time it impressed me greatly, but I had the feeling I wasn't getting all the layers it consists of.

Now, 18 years later I re-read Momo, thanks to wollie.

Michael Ende has done fabulous work writing a book about time as 'timeless' as this! It made me realise once again that I should (an want) to live my life slowly, without the feeling I'm rushed into things or forced 'to keep up' a certain way of living.

The story in short (from the first page):

In a ruined amphitheatre on the outskirts of a city lives a strange, ragged little girl, Momo. Momo discovers that something horrifying is happening to the townsfolk. The men in grey are silently taking over, robbing them of their time by the hour, the minute and the second. To survive, these corrupt creatures must continually replenish their Timesaving Bank - and it is Momo who must prevent them.

Momo, simple and honest, with an incredible ability to listen, must save the unsuspecting inhabitants from destruction. Together with the mysterious Professor Hora and his strangely gifted tortoise, Cassiopeia, she sets out to overthrow the enemy, the evil Swallowers of Time.

Released 18 yrs ago (9/7/2005 UTC) at Controlled Release in Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases

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This book is travelling on to amberjane in the UK.

Happy BookCrossing!

Journal Entry 5 by amberjane from Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Australia on Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Yay it's here!

Thanks Wilmar, I am sure I will enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed The Never-ending Story, which was wonderful.

Released 18 yrs ago (3/2/2006 UTC) at Whiteley Shopping Mall, Queensway in City of Westminster, Greater London United Kingdom

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Released into the wild for World Book Day!

(Although it says I released it at Whiteleys, I ended up releasing it at St Mary's Hospital, Children's Ward)

Journal Entry 7 by wingAnonymousFinderwing on Monday, March 27, 2006
Found on the children's ward @ St Mary's hospital Paddington on the book shelf.

CAUGHT IN LONDON UNITED KINGDOM

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