
Der Spiegel im Spiegel (The Mirror in the Mirror)
A Labyrinth
Two readers may read the same book, but they will still never read the same. Each of them will add themselves to the book. Therefore, a book is a mirror, mirroring the reader. But in the same way the reader is a mirror for the book. So what does a mirror show us when it is mirroring a mirror? Michael Ende’s literary cabinet of mirrors takes us into a maze of thoughts and images. Harmless and funny, surreal and scary stories surround us, just like the distorted and the natural pictures in a mirror’s cabinet. Only those who can muster the courage to face the surreal, will Michael Ende release out of his magic maze back into the open.
Original Edition
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 336
- Illustrations: Black-and-white reproductions of Works by Edgar Ende
- Year of publication: 1984
- Publisher: Weitbrecht
- Translations:
Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Swedish
Current Editions
In English:
- The Mirror in the Mirror. A Labyrinth
Paperback, 384 pages, hockebooks 2021. - The Mirror in the Mirror. A Labyrinth
E-Book, hockebooks 2022.
In German:
- Der Spiegel im Spiegel. Ein Labyrinth
Überarbeitete Neuausgabe, Paperback, 212 pages, hockebooks 2019. - Der Spiegel im Spiegel. Ein Labyrinth
E-Book, hockebooks 2014.