Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Wild Ride Through the Night | 2001 | Walter Moers | Buy |
A Wild Ride Through the Night (2001) is Walter Moers’ standalone novel outside the Zamonia universe. The book is built around the etchings of Gustave Dore, with Moers writing a narrative that connects and gives story to the nineteenth-century artist’s dramatic illustrations. A young boy must complete a series of impossible tasks in a single night, with each challenge corresponding to a different Dore image.
The result is a book that reads like a collaboration between two artists separated by more than a century. Moers brings his usual humor and inventiveness to the project, while Dore’s dark, detailed engravings give the book a visual grandeur unlike anything in the Zamonia novels.