The Neverending Story is Michael Ende’s best-known book, but Momopublished six years earlieris the all-ages fantasy masterpiece that first won him wide acclaim. After the sweet-talking grey men come to town, life becomes terminally efficient. Can Momo, a young orphan girl, vanquish the ashen-faced time thieves before joy vanishes forever? With gorgeous new illustrations by Marcel Dzama and a new translation from the German by Lucas Zwirner, this glorious 40th anniversary edition marks the book’s first U.S. publication in over twenty-five years.

"Here is a story so ingenious in its conception, so powerful in production that its message can safely slip unnoticed into the mind to linger after the splendid images begin to fade." The Times Literary Supplement