The first half of the book tells how Bastian uses his imagination to save Fantastica and is literally absorbed into the story. He steals the book, hides in the attic of his school and avidly reads the tale, in which the land of Fantastica is dying and it is the quest of warrior boy Atreyu and the white luckdragon Falkor to find the Saviour, a human who will give the Childlike Empress a new name. One day, to escape the bullies, he enters a bookshop and is drawn to a book with a beautiful cover and intriguing title: The Neverending Story.
The protagonist, Bastian Balthasar Bux, is not your typical hero. I think much of it is symbolic and I’m not sure if I’d have understood that if I’d read it as a child. An intelligent, epic fantasy novel for children but possibly best appreciated by adults.
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