The Mirror in the Mirror - Michael Ende's book is a fantastic story labyrinth of a very special
kind. For the author himself this work was of great importance: in interviews he liked to
call it his never-ending story for adult readers. The reader is taken into a mysterious
narrative world full of bizarre situations and mysterious fates surreal images and
philosophical thoughts. Those who open themselves in amazement to these enigmatic visions and
allow themselves to be drawn into the fantastic stories will emerge from Michael Ende's magic
labyrinth with a new perspective.The core question is: What is reflected in a mirror that is
reflected in a mirror? If two readers read the same book they are still not reading the same
thing. For both people immerse themselves into the reading. The book becomes a mirror in which
the reader is reflected. But in the same way the reader is also a mirror in which the book is
reflected: The mirror in the mirror refers the reader back to himself.The FAZ writes that
Michael Ende shows with the book how much darkness wildness and rawness is inherent in dreams.
He does not trivialize. His dreams make reference to reality because in dreams Cicero wrote
'the remnants of those objects roll and tumble about in the souls which we have thought and
impelled while awake'.
