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Momo

by Michael Ende

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Momo es una niña que vive rodeada de amigos y tiene la gran virtud de saber escuchar y comprender a los demás. Ante ella, aun los que se tienen en poca estima se descubren como seres valiosos. Pero un día los hombres grises aparecen para convencer a la gente de ahorrar su tiempo con ellos, depositándolo en su banco. Pero ¿qué harán con el tiempo de los hombres? Momo lo des...more

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Published December 31st 1999 by Thienemann (first published 1973)

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Aug 25, 2010

Harun Harahap rated it

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Shelves: punya, anak-hingga-remaja, fiksi, terjemahan

Pertama kali mendengar kata “Momo” adalah ketika saya berusia dibawah sepuluh tahun. Kata itu disebutkan oleh tante saya yang baru pulang dari Ambon. “Momo” yang Ia katakan berarti sebutan untuk sejenis hantu atau setan di Ambon. Sejak saat itu mengendaplah kata “Momo” di otak saya dan terasosiasikan dengan hantu. Hingga akhirnya saya mendengar “Momo’ digunakan untuk panggilan adik kecilku.

“Momo” adalah tokoh utama dari sebuah buku yang berjudul sama dengan namanya. Kelebihan dari “...morePertama kali mendengar kata “Momo” adalah ketika saya berusia dibawah sepuluh tahun. Kata itu disebutkan oleh tante saya yang baru pulang dari Ambon. “Momo” yang Ia katakan berarti sebutan untuk sejenis hantu atau setan di Ambon. Sejak saat itu mengendaplah kata “Momo” di otak saya dan terasosiasikan dengan hantu. Hingga akhirnya saya mendengar “Momo’ digunakan untuk panggilan adik kecilku.

“Momo” adalah tokoh utama dari sebuah buku yang berjudul sama dengan namanya. Kelebihan dari “Momo” adalah mendengarkan. Tidak istimewa? Menurut saya sangat istimewa. Kita selalu membutuhkan orang lain untuk mendengarkan kebahagiaan apalagi keluh kesah. Senang rasanya jika seseorang bisa mendengarkan kita dengan sepenuh hati.

“Momo” dengan mata hitamnya yang besar menatap dengan sungguh wajah kita saat mendengarkan. Ia memberikan waktunya untuk benar-benar mendengarkan ocehan kita yang selalu ia anggap penting. Sering rasanya kita mendengarkan orang lain tidak dengan sungguh-sungguh, terkadang kita mendengarkan orang lain sambil mengerjakan suatu hal lain. HIngga tercetuslah sebuah ungkapan “masuk kuping kanan keluar kuping kiri’ yang berarti asal lewat saja tanpa mengendap.

Dengan didengarkan, kita merasa diri kita diakui dan dihargai. Terkadang bukan nasihat atau tanggapan yang kita perlukan saat berkeluh kesah kepada orang lain. Kita hanya butuh didengarkan, melepaskan apa yang memberatkan hati.

Petualangan “Momo” di buku ini diceritakan begitu seru dan mengandung pesan yang baik. Pesannya adalah bagaimana kita menghargai waktu dengan sebaik-baiknya. Bukan dengan cara mengartikan waktu sebagai uang tapi waktu sebagai milik kita sendiri. Ungkapan “waktu adalah uang” tersebut membuat banyak manusia berkutat dengan kehidupan yang menjemukan. Karena hanya uang, uang, dan uang yang diutamakan dalam hidupnya.

Kesibukan mencari uang melupakan diri kita kepada keluarga dan teman-teman. Kegiatan mengunjungi orang tua atau berkumpul dengan teman dianggap sebuah kesia-siaan. Bersenang-senang menjadi hal yang sulit untuk dilakukan dan canda tawa menjadi suatu hal yang jarang ditemukan. Semua hidup sendiri-sendiri tanpa tegur sapa dan ramah tamah.

“Momo” berusaha untuk merubah itu semua. Berhasilkah ia? Yuk kit abaca buku ini, sebelumnya saya berikan teka-teki yah seperti yanga da di dalam buku ini:

”DI suatu rumah tinggal tiga bersaudara, namun tampang mereka tiada serupa, ketika mau membedakan mereka bertiga, maka yang satu menjadi mirip yang dua. SI Sulung sedang tidak ada, dia baru mau pulang ke rumah. SI tengah sedang tidak ada, rupanya dia pergi sudah. Di rumah hanya si Bungsu yang ada, sebab takkan ada yang dua tanpa dia. Tetapi si Bungsu yang dimaksud oleh kita, ada hanya karena si Sulung jadi si nomor dua. Dan setiap kali kita memandangnya, yang tampak selalu salah satu kakak. Sekarang katakanlah apakah yang tiga itu hanya satu? Atau hanya dua? Atau malah sama sekali tidaka da? Jika kau sanggup menyebut nama mereka, kau akan mengenali tiga raja yang sangat berkuasa. Kerajaan besar mereka perintah bersama-yangs ekaligus merupakan jati diri mereka.”

“Apa yang dimaksud dengan kerajaan besar yang diperintah oleh mereka bertiga, yang sekaligus merupakan jati diri mereka?”
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Jun 23, 2011

Anastasia rated it

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Shelves: contemporanei, biblioteca-civica

4.5/5

Questa è una storia che bisognerà raccontare ai propri figli. Primo esperimento con Michael Endel ben riuscito, La storia infinita entra ufficialmente nella lunga lista dei libri da leggere.
Il messaggio che racchiude Momo non è una scoperta per me, anzi, è un concetto ormai ben radicato nella testolina, però è stata un'avventura piacevolissima comunque. Ed è comunque un messaggio importante da trasmettere ai bambini, che sicuramente adorerebbero questa storia. Ende sicura...more

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Aug 08, 2007

Kara Maia Spencer rated it

Recommends it for: YA & Adults

Momo is a classic story that is known as a children's book, yet I believe that adults may even glean more from its reading than younger folk. Momo is written by Michael Ende, the author who is most known in the US for having written The Neverending Story. When I was younger, and my mother ran an independent children's bookstore, she ordered a case of this book, and gave a copy to all of her friends and colleagues.

This is a modern day fairytale, about a little girl named Momo, who mov...moreMomo is a classic story that is known as a children's book, yet I believe that adults may even glean more from its reading than younger folk. Momo is written by Michael Ende, the author who is most known in the US for having written The Neverending Story. When I was younger, and my mother ran an independent children's bookstore, she ordered a case of this book, and gave a copy to all of her friends and colleagues.

This is a modern day fairytale, about a little girl named Momo, who moves into a ruined amphitheater on the edge of a Italian-style town. She is a remarkable individual, who lives in poverty, yet her life is rich with friendship and love. Momo has a unique skill of deep listening. Soon all the villagers learn that when they are not getting along they should "go and see Momo". Through Momo's friendship, her friends find peace, community, and creativity. Her gift of listening to them until the truth unveils itself brings her to be surrounded by many friends who bring her food, tell her stories, and help care for her in her adopted home.

Life changes quickly in the village, when the Men in Gray infiltrate their life, hypnotizing people to save time. In their Time Saving Banks, they steal people's time, and smoke it in gray cigars that they are never seen without. Yet, no one remembers ever seeing the Men in Gray, except Momo, who cannot be hypnotized by the lures of timesaving because she is content with being who she is and loves to spend time with her friends. Eventually, everyone is entrapped by the Men in Gray, and only Momo can save them.

Even Momo's two best friends, Guido the Guide and Bebbo Roadsweeper, have been seduced by the Men in Gray. Luckily, she has help from two new friends Cassiopeia, a tortoise who can see precisely half-an-hour into the future and can spell words across her shell to communicate, and Professor Secundus Minutus Hora, who is the steward of the universal source of time.

This is an incredibly magical story which I dare not tell you more of lest I ruin the story for you. You must read Momo for yourself. (less)

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Apr 20, 2007

Dane rated it

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Recommends it for: Fans of lighthearted literature

Shelves: fiction-read

You cannot, repeat: cannot, go into this book with the expectations of "hard," realist fiction. Then again, if you know anything about Michael Ende (the author of the Never Ending Story), you won't.

Momo is one of those rare books that would do well in a fourth-grade classes, but is also strangely releveant to adults. The story centers around a girl named Momo who took residence in an ancient, abandoned amphitheater in an unnamed town, which is populated by a series of peopl...more

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Feb 04, 2011

anca dc rated it

Shelves: 2011

O poveste simpla, spusa pe limbajul copiiilor, despre valuarea timpului si hotii de timp.

La început nu prea bagi de seama. Într-o buna zi nu mai ai chef sa faci nimic. Nimic nu te mai intereseaza, esti plictisit. Iar indispozitia nu dispare, se statorniceste si creste mereu. Se înrautateste de la o zi la alta, de la o saptamîna la alta. Te simti tot mai prost dispus, tot mai gol pe dinauntru, tot mai nemultumit cu sine si cu lumea întreaga. Pe urma treptat dispare chiar si acest sent...more

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May 05, 2007

fanny golvano rated it

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Recommends it for: a todo el mundo

Este libro te demuestra la complejidad de la vida a traves de las de la aparente simplicidad de un cuento de niños, es sin duda uno de mis libros favoritos, mi padre me lo leia todos los dias cuando era pequeña.

Su importancia radica en la naturalidad del la historia y la metafora que imprime , es totalmente extrapolable a la realidad actual.

Los hombres grises existen sin duda, nos absorben nuestro tiempo y nadie es consciente de esto solo los niños que todavia utilizan...more

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Oct 09, 2008

Bunny rated it

Recommends it for: People of any age who never have time for anything

Recommended to Bunny by: Meltha

Shelves: read-in-08

Recommended to me by Meltha, one of the smartest people I know, who has a great love for most of the things I love. How could I resist?

10/9 - Why? Why isn't this required reading in schools all over the damn place? Why haven't I heard of this? Why hasn't it been made into a movie like NES?

WHY?????

::ahem::

This book is WONDERFUL! And for the first time since I started keeping my nose in a book 14 hours a day (a girl's gotta sleep), people asked what...more

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Aug 09, 2007

winda rated it

Shelves: fave

this book, is one of those stuff where they featured kid as the main character but the idea and story itself bullseye the heart of the adult. If you know what i mean ;)

children will probably understand and later on implement the idea of 'not losing time' when they grow up, if they still remember the story. But that is 'when' and 'if'. But the adult, when they read this, they've passed the 'when' and 'if' already. It implies to them so much, heavily.

value the time you're ...more

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Dec 30, 2010

Franco Vite rated it

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Shelves: libri-per-ragazzi, fantasy

Con Ende si entra in quella situazione per cui un grandissimo scrittore - ripeto, un grandissimo scrittore - rimane ai margini della "critica" (sempre che questo sia un male...), per il banalissimo e cretinissimo motivo che scrive romanzi e racconti per ragazzi. O almeno, perché i suoi romanzi e racconti sono etichettati in quel modo.</p>

Ende - a mio avviso - scrive romanzi e racconti bellissimi - tragici, tremendi, crudeli, illuminanti, toccanti, intelligenti, deliziosi, sensibi

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Jan 10, 2009

Jervine rated it

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Buku yang alurnya lambaaaattttt sekali. Bayangkan!! Q membutuhkan waktu berminggu2 untuk menyelesaikannya (gara2 alur lambat, jadi kerasa membosankan).

Sebagai bandingan aja, q nyelesein Looking for Alibrandi hanya ± 4 jam. Padahal ukuran buku sama, ukuran font sama, halamannya lebih tebel beberapa halaman (agak g ngaruh jg sih), full text (Momo ada beberapa halaman yang isinya gambar), n yang signifikan kualitas kertas lebih jelek (Alibrandi buram, Momo putih) dan ini biasanya sangat...more

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Dec 13, 2011

Annisa rated it

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Shelves: children

“Those who still think that listening isn’t an art should see if they can do it half as well.”

Tadi pagi kebangunan jam 2 dan tiba-tiba pengen baca ulang salah satu my best book of all time, Momo by Michael Ende. Udah lama banget punya buku ini dan sampai sekarang ceritanya masih berkesan. Kenapa saya pengen baca ulang buku ini? Mungkin karena memang akhir-akhir ini susah sekali mencari orang yang mau mendengar, betul-betul mendengar apa yang kita ceritakan. Everyone is to bussy with ...more“Those who still think that listening isn’t an art should see if they can do it half as well.”

Tadi pagi kebangunan jam 2 dan tiba-tiba pengen baca ulang salah satu my best book of all time, Momo by Michael Ende. Udah lama banget punya buku ini dan sampai sekarang ceritanya masih berkesan. Kenapa saya pengen baca ulang buku ini? Mungkin karena memang akhir-akhir ini susah sekali mencari orang yang mau mendengar, betul-betul mendengar apa yang kita ceritakan. Everyone is to bussy with their own life they seldom notice that their friend/relatives need to be listened to.

Momo adalah seorang anak perempuan kecil misterius yang tiba-tiba saja muncul di amphiteater kota. Tidak butuh waktu lama bagi Momo untuk menjadi kesayangan seluruh penduduk kota. Mengapa bisa demikian? Karena Momo adalah seorang pendengar yang baik. Momo betul-betul mendengarkan dengan sabar dan penuh perhatian cerita setiap orang. Setelah bercerita pada Momo, setiap orang selalu merasa lebih baik dan seringkali menemukan sendiri solusi atas permasalahannya. Sekarang, setiap kali ada penduduk kota yang sedang merasa bermasalah, ungkapan “Ayo coba cari Momo!” menjadi sesuatu yang biasa di kota tesebut.

Sampai suatu ketika keadaan mulai berubah ketika para laki-laki berstelan abu-abu mulai berkeliaran di seluruh penjuru kota. Mereka menawarkan kepada para penduduk untuk menyimpan waktu di bank. As absurd as it may sound, banyak penduduk kota yang termakan oleh bujukan para tuan abu-abu. Setelah itu suasana kota yang hangat mulai berubah karena setiap orang jadi tidak memiliki waktu untuk orang lain dan sibuk dengan dirinya sendiri. Alih-alih mendengarkan cerita anak-anak mereka, para orang tua membelikan mereka mainan-mainan mahal agar bisa menghemat waktu mereka.

Momo memperhatikan perubahan tersebut dan merasa sedih karenanya. Orang-orang kota mulai bertindak seperti robot dan tidak lagi menikmati hidup. Ketika pengaruh para tuan abu-abu sudah mengenai sahabat-sahabat terdekat Momo, ia mamutuskan untuk menghentikan upaya para tuan abu-abu dengan bantuan seekor kura-kura bernama Cassiopeia. Berdua mereka mencoba menemui seorang Profesor Waktu yang bernama Hora. Berhasilkah Momo? What do you think?

Uniknya, cerita ini ditulis Michael Ende pada tahun 1973. Dan di ujung tahun 2011 ini saya merasa dunia sudah dipenuhi para tuan abu-abu dengan konsep hemat waktu nya. Waktu terasa cepat banget berlalu dan seperti yang digambarkan dalam cerita, setiap orang sibuk dengan kehidupan dan kegiatan nya masing-masing. Kapan terakhir kali kita meluangkan waktu untuk betul-betul mendengarkan cerita seorang sahabat ?? (bukan lewat text messages, bbm atau chat media lainnya)

Seringkali saya melihat sekumpulan orang di tempat umum/restoran/cafe yang ceritanya sedang berkumpul tapi setiap orang sibuk dengan HP masing-masing. Agak geli sebenarnya. Apakah interaksi lewat social media bisa menggantikan tatap muka langsung? Sebegitu sibuknya kah kita?

Banyak hal yang tidak bisa tergambarkan lewat kata-kata. Words can lie tapi tatapan mata, gesture atau nada suara tidak. Hati tidak bisa hanya bicara lewat kata-kata, tapi juga dengan keberadaan. I don’t want to be one of those people corrupted by The Men In Gray. I want to able to cherish the beauty of the event and all the little things that pass in time and that include “being there” for people i care about. People i go a thousand miles for.

“Life holds one great but quite commonplace mystery. Though shared by each of us and known to all, seldom rates a second thought. That mystery, which most of us take for granted and never think twice about, is time.

Calendars and clocks exist to measure time, but that signifies little because we all know that an hour can seem as eternity or pass in a flash, according to how we spend it.

Time is life itself, and life resides in the human heart.”(less)

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May 23, 2011

Michelle rated it

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Recommends it for: Everyone!

Shelves: and-smart-too, couldn-t-put-it-down, enriching-symbolism, fantasy, weird-is-cool

THIS is how to write a novel-length fairy tale. The characters are whole and human, the fantasy pure, and all else perfect. I must have more of Michael Ende's work.
Some stories that deal with magic don't explain anything, not even the rules by which their magic operates. Others make too many rules, turning it into a confusing science. Not so here. Like fairy tales, we are introduced to a magical object, told the rules which constrain it, but now HOW it works, and move on. Th...more THIS is how to write a novel-length fairy tale. The characters are whole and human, the fantasy pure, and all else perfect. I must have more of Michael Ende's work.
Some stories that deal with magic don't explain anything, not even the rules by which their magic operates. Others make too many rules, turning it into a confusing science. Not so here. Like fairy tales, we are introduced to a magical object, told the rules which constrain it, but now HOW it works, and move on. The reader is not left in the dust, but the mystery and wonder are whole.
Symbolism in fairy tales is often very obvious, but the very structure of the genre permits this. I'm not talking about the idiotic good people=beautiful and evil people=ugly that none of the characters--except maybe the Author's Pet--can see through, but how good and evil take off their masks in Fantasy Land. Good can be a withered old man or a ragged and dirty child as well as a fairy princess, and evil is just as recognizable in a bowler hat as in a horned helmet. And yet, everyone has a personality, and even the villains are treated as people by the author.
Fairy tales are more true than reality. This is how to convey a clear message that actually enhances the story. The men in grey may not be real, but we all know time-savers, Beppos and Guidos. If we're lucky, we may even know a Momo. In some urban fantasies, authors will sometimes mock popular culture, despite it not adding anything to the story. Modern toys that do everything for the child, leaving nothing to the imagination, are stripped of their glamor and shown for what they are, adding to the depth of the book instead of allowing the author to snicker at how unbelievably STUPID so-and-so is.
If you intend to write fantasy, read this book. If you just enjoy reading fantasy, read this book. If you like a good story, read this book. If people tell you to read more, start here. It is brilliant, but not difficult, and the more you read it, the more you will gain.(less)

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Sep 01, 2010

Luqman Hakim rated it

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BUKU GILA...

GILA karena buku ini sanggup membuat saya hanyut ke dalam dunia imajinasi yang belum pernah saya temukan sebelumnya.

Menurut anda, apa sih kebahagiaan itu?

ntar dulu deh, lanjut ke buku momo dulu,

Seorang gadis cilik, tidak jelas usianya karena terlihat antara 8-12 tahun menemukan sebuah persahabatan di reruntuhan amfiteater. Matanya hitam lebar, kakinya sewarna dengan matanya karena tidak memakai alas k...more

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Jul 27, 2010

Dan rated it

I bought this book several months ago at a used book store, but I put off reading it because I was afraid it wouldn't live up to Michael Ende's other famous book, which also happens to be my favorite book, The Neverending Story. While Momo isn't as complex and more bluntly allegorical, it is charming and emotionally stunning. Perhaps I am more naive than most readers, but I felt myself swept up into this book's persuasive world in which children are forgetting how to play and adults only care ab...more

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May 05, 2010

Ecko Manalu rated it

Buku ini mengingatkan kembali mengenai keasikan membaca setelah beberapa tahun sebelumnya alpa membaca (read novel).

Keasikan petualangan dalam dunia fiksi, abstrak, manis, indah, flowery, itu adalah kesan yang didapatkan ketika membaca buku ini.
nilai kebajikan, sangat mendalam.

ketika kita tahu bahwa waktu itu adalah uang, maka kita perlu mendefinisikan apakah uang ? apakah itu sesuatu yang berguna ?
apakah uang adalah alat satu2nya yang dipakai untuk mengukur w...more

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Jan 20, 2010

Ary Nilandari rated it

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Ada teka-teki bagus dari buku ini (h.138) untuk membuka review-ku:

All dwelling in one house are strange brothers three,
as unlike as any three brothers could be,
yet try as you may to tell brother from brother,
you'll find that the trio resemble each other.
The first isn't there, though he'll come beyond doubt.
The second's departed, so he's not about.
The third and the smallest is right on the spot,
And manage without him the others could not.
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Nov 19, 2009

Steve rated it

I owe a debt of gratitude to a good friend for persuading me to read this novel. It is one that I would not have otherwise read, given the general premise and genre. A magical fable. I have one main point of information for you concerning this work that I will pass along right away so that you need not read the remainder of this review to have it. This is an extended fable of extraordinary charm that will captivate a reader of any age level. I can imagine an adult reading this book to a child an...moreI owe a debt of gratitude to a good friend for persuading me to read this novel. It is one that I would not have otherwise read, given the general premise and genre. A magical fable. I have one main point of information for you concerning this work that I will pass along right away so that you need not read the remainder of this review to have it. This is an extended fable of extraordinary charm that will captivate a reader of any age level. I can imagine an adult reading this book to a child and both of them deriving so much from it simultaneously. It is a German Wizard of Oz.

A bit past the halfway point of the novel, we encounter this riddle:

All dwelling in one house are strange brothers three,
as unlike as any three brothers could be,
yet try as you may to tell brother from brother,
you'll find that the trio resemble each other.
The first isn't there, though he'll come beyond doubt.
The second's departed, so he's not about.
The third and the smallest is right on the spot,
and manage without him the others could not.
Yet the third is a factor with which to be reckoned
because the first brother turns into the second.
You cannot stand back and observe number three,
for one of the others is all you will see.
So tell me, my child, are the three of them one?
Or are there but two? Or could there be none?
Just name them, and you will at once realize
that each rules a kingdom of infinite size.
They rule it together and are it as well.
In that, they're alike, so where do they dwell?

The brothers described are the past, the present, and the future. Both the subject and theme of the novel is Time. Time is being surreptitiously stolen from the inhabitants of this indeterminate place by humorless men dressed in gray. As the general supply of time dwindles, the citizenry become more rushed and work harder for longer hours, slowly losing the capacity to enjoy any of the intangible pleasures of life let alone their material accumulations.

The heroine is a child, Momo. When even her two trusty sidekicks, Guido and Beppo, succumb to the theft of time, all appears hopeless. The central image of this novel, which is rife with imagery, is the hour-lily, the source of time itself. They are cultivated by a Professor Hora. The tour we take of Professor Hora's headquarters and garden at the midpoint of this novel is a tour de force of imagination and imagery on the part of the author, Michael Ende. A magical delight.

My translation is by J. Maxwell Brownjohn. My usual word concerning translations. I spend nary a bit of time anymore worrying about whether my translation is a faithful one. If a translated novel works in English, I accept it without question and care not a whit whether it bears any relationship whatsoever to the original. This is a beautiful novel in English.

In any event and in the end, it is incumbent upon little Momo under the instruction of Professor Horo to do battle alone against the men in gray, the thieves of time. The novel is paced well, and the denouement is exciting.

Perhaps you should attempt to get around any preconceptions or biases concerning books of this sort and give it a try. (less)

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Nov 16, 2007

Uci rated it

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What can I say about this book? It is a fantasy in a land far far away, but the story is somewhat depressing rather than soothing. Momo, a little girl, has to fight against a group of horrible "gray men", whose job is stealing people's time as much as they can because if they failed, they will vanished. As a result, people don't want to waste their time for 'unimportant' matters such as playing with their kids because if they do, they will run out of time and die. What a fantastic stor...more

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Apr 18, 2009

Jillian rated it

Shelves: fantasy, dystopian, own

Momo wasn't nearly as good as The Neverending Story, Michael Ende's most famous work, but it was still quite smart and charming. In this children's-book-for-all-ages, free-spirited Momo must combat a company of sinister time thieves who convince her fellow citizens that the best thing to do with their time is to save it in their time bank, thus reducing their lives to a hasty and joyless existence. The concepts and characters were simple but well done, though I must admit the protagonist is too ...more

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Apr 02, 2009

Adrienne rated it

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Momo is a little orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old amphitheatre in the midst of a bustling city. The people of the neighborhood around the ruins are all friends with Momo, because she has several rare abilities. She is very very very good at listening, and after telling her their problems, Momo’s friends are generally able to come up with solutions. Momo is also able to make any game fun, which makes her pretty popular with the neighborhood children. So Momo lives in the city with her...more

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Oct 14, 2011

Nodine rated it

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Ich habe Momo das erste Mal gelesen, als ich ca. 10 Jahre alt war. Damals habe ich das Buch glaube ich aus der Bibliothek, oder von einer Freundin ausgeliehen. Auf jeden Fall habe ich es nie selbst besessen und musste es natürlich adoptieren, als ich vor kurzem auf dem Bücherflohmarkt eine toll erhaltene Ausgabe von 1973 gesehen habe.

Ich lese nicht oft Bücher mehrmals, da ich Handlung und Charaktere nicht schnell vergesse und es einfach immer so viel tolles Neues zu lesen gibt. Aber di...more

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Jan 06, 2011

Jules rated it

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Shelves: childrens, 2011, fantasy

Momo ist eins der vielen, vielen Kinderbücher, die ich nie als Kind gelesen und jetzt, mit 22, für mich entdeckt habe. Ich wusste bereits, dass Michael Ende ein begnadeter Geschichtenerzähler ist, und mit Momo beweist er mir dies ein weiteres Mal.

Ein bisschen Märchen, ein bisschen Abenteuer, ein bisschen Fantasy, ein bisschen Gut-gegen-Böse und ein bisschen Moralitätsfabel hat Momo gleichzeitig viel psychologische Tiefe und erzählt sowohl kind- als auch erwachsenengerecht, was es wirkl...more

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Mar 19, 2009

Anugrah Ramadhani rated it

Kisah ajaib mengenai gerombolan pencuri waktu
dan seorang anak kecil,
yang mengembalikan waktu yang hilang dicuri
kepada umat manusia

sebuah roman dongeng

“Waktu adalah uang”. Sebuah pepatah yang sudah umum diketahui. Namun bagaimana jika waktu bisa dicuri dan disimpan dalam bank layaknya uang? Michael Ende, seorang penulis kenamaan dari Jerman membungkus ide sederhana ini menjadi sebuah kisah petualangan yang sangat menarik lewat novelnya “MOMO”.

...moreKisah ajaib mengenai gerombolan pencuri waktu
dan seorang anak kecil,
yang mengembalikan waktu yang hilang dicuri
kepada umat manusia

sebuah roman dongeng

“Waktu adalah uang”. Sebuah pepatah yang sudah umum diketahui. Namun bagaimana jika waktu bisa dicuri dan disimpan dalam bank layaknya uang? Michael Ende, seorang penulis kenamaan dari Jerman membungkus ide sederhana ini menjadi sebuah kisah petualangan yang sangat menarik lewat novelnya “MOMO”.

Kisah MOMO berlangsung dalam sebuah dunia modern di selatan Eropa. Diceritakan bahwa sebuah gerombolan yang biasa disebut “tuan kelabu” beraksi diam-diam mencuri waktu dari setiap orang dewasa. Orang-orang didesak untuk selalu menghemat waktu sebagai kedok dari pencurian waktu yang dilakukan para “tuan kelabu”. Seiring dengan semakin banyaknya orang yang menghemat waktu, kehidupan semakin hambar, dingin, dan asing satu sama lain.

Melihat keadaan yang semakin parah, Empu Hora, sang pengelola waktu meminta bantuan Momo, seorang gadis kecil gelandangan untuk membebaskan kembali seluruh waktu yang dicuri para “tuan kelabu”. Ditemani seekor kura-kura, Momo berusaha sekuat tenaga untuk melawan gerombolan “tuan kelabu” demi menyelamatkan umat manusia dari cengkraman para pencuri waktu.

Ada banyak hal yang menarik dari buku ini, tetapi satu hal yang paling menarik perhatian (disamping cerita utama yang sedang berlangsung, tentu saja.. q=) adalah judul dari setiap bab yang selalu bersuasana kontras dan membuat penasaran seperti, “Perhitungan yang Salah Namun Tidak Meleset”, “Pengejaran yang Seru dan Pelarian yang Tenang-tenang Saja”, “Kalau Orang-orang Jahat Mengupayakan yang Terbaik dari yang Buruk” dan favorit saya, “Jika Kita Memandang Ke Depan Tanpa Menoleh Ke Belakang”. Semua judul dari bab merupakan inti dari cerita yang berlangsung dalam bab tersebut.

Michael Ende juga menyisipkan banyak sekali pelajaran moral dalam kisah Momo ini, hal ini seharusnya wajar karena buku ini memang ditujukan untuk anak-anak, tapi di beberapa bagian rasanya pesan moral yang dibawa agak berlebihan dan terasa dipaksakan.
Satu kelemahan yang cukup mengganggu saya secara pribadi sebenarnya adalah ceritanya. Buku ini tebalnya 320 halaman, tetapi bagian utama dari petualangan Momo mulai diceritakan pada halaman 300, sehingga akhir dari cerita ini menjadi kurang mantap menurut saya. Secara umum, MOMO adalah sebuah novel yang sangat menarik dan bagus, ie ceritaya tidak biasa, dan jalan ceritanya juga menarik dan bikin penasaran. Lewat novel ini Michael Ende berhasil meraih penghargaan Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis pada tahun 1974. Dengan membaca novel ini saya jadi penasaran dengan karya-karya Michael Ende yang lainnya.(less)

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Sep 28, 2010

Jason Mills rated it

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Recommends it for: Young 'uns, big softies, too-busy people

Shelves: fiction, pre-adult, fantasy

This is a lovely fable. Momo is a vagrant girl who settles in a ruined amphitheatre on the edge of a city. There her almost supernatural skill as a good-natured listener and hedge-therapist endears her to the locals, children and adults both. But then the men in grey move into the city, slyly persuading people to save time at all costs, time which the grey men themselves use to sustain their soulless lives. As the grown-ups rush around, their lives and those of their children become increasingly...more

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Dec 01, 2008

miaaa rated it

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Recommended to miaaa by: jenny

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Childhood is the best phase in our lives. To have abundance of imaginations, dreams and hopes. Just look how easy adults crushed all those in the name of saving up the time.

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Masa kecil bagiku fase terbaik dalam hidup ini. Anak-anak bebas untuk berimajinasi, bermimpi dan berharap. Dan betapa mudahnya orang dewasa menghancurkan semua itu dengan alasan tidak ingin membuang waktu untuk hal yang tidak berguna.

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Jun 02, 2011

Ayu Puspita Sari rated it

Shelves: children, fiction, fantasy

I bought Momo when I was on my 1oth grade, around 6 years ago. At first I thought this book was just like every other kid's book, but when I read it, I quickly understand how much underlying message has been written in this story.

With a quite and mysterious girl named Momo as our world's view, we would shown a place where the grey man controlled people's time, take their times and made them busy until they could not think of relaxing again. and with a magic turtle, we would follow Mo...more

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Aug 30, 2010

Yen Ooi rated it

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Aug 30, 2011

Steven Caldwell rated it

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‘It had ceased to matter that people should enjoy their work and take pride in it; on the contrary, enjoyment merely slowed them down. All that mattered was to get through as much work as possible in the shortest possible time…’ page 67

I picked this book up one afternoon and when I next looked at the clock it was 2am. But they were not the same eyes that started reading – I felt my view of the world had completely changed when I finished it.

Momo is a raggedy young girl w...more

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Aug 10, 2009

Stephanie rated it

Michael Ende is best known (in English speaking countries) for "The Never Ending Story," but this book is also an example of very clever, imaginative writing. Michael Ende has the ability to tell a story full of imagination, good description, and unique characters, and at the same time give an insightful satire into the problems of society. In short, here is a a writer who both produces good prose and has something to say.

The conflict in this story is between Momo, a girl w...more

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May 12, 2007

momoko rated it

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German title translates to something like Momo, or the strange story of the time-thieves and the child who brought the stolen time back to the people".

I mean.. its why my folks named me Momoko. This is a fantastic book.. full of so many double meanings and really the first I obsessed about. Its a children's book. go read it

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Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende was a German writer of fantasy and children's literature. He was the son of the surrealist painter Edgar Ende. He died in Stuttgart (Germany) of stomach cancer.

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“...it's like this. Sometimes, when you've a very long street ahead of you, you think how terribly long it is and feel sure you'll never get it swept. And then you start to hurry. You work faster and faster and every time you look up there seems to be just as much left to sweep as before, and you try even harder, and you panic, and in the end you're out of breath and have to stop--and still the street stretches away in front of you. That's not the way to do it.

You must never think of the whole street at once, understand? You must only concentrate on the next step, the next breath, the next stroke of the broom, and the next, and the next. Nothing else.

That way you enjoy your work, which is important, because then you make a good job of it. And that's how it ought to be.

And all at once, before you know it, you find you've swept the whole street clean, bit by bit. what's more, you aren't out of breath. That's important, too... (28-29)” — 52 people liked it

“Life holds one great but quite commonplace mystery. Though shared by each of us and known to all, seldom rates a second thought. That mystery, which most of us take for granted and never think twice about, is time.

Calendars and clocks exist to measure time, but that signifies little because we all know that an hour can seem as eternity or pass in a flash, according to how we spend it.

Time is life itself, and life resides in the human heart. ” — 17 people liked it

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