I can't say anything except how much this book changed me. If it says anything to anyone I bought and now own one of the 5 copies publicly known about in the United States and if I could I would tell everyone to read it. It was one of Michael Ende's few books not directed at children but instead a collection of short stories about what it means to read, and how reading effects who you are and how you act. (Only photo I could find of the book)