Copyright © 1979 by K. Thienemanns Verlag, Stutgart
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First published in Germany 1979 as Die unendliche Geschichte by
K. Thienemanns Verlag
This translation first published in the United States of America 1983 by
Doubleday & Company, Inc. and by Penguin Books 1984

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