Momo, also known as The Grey Gentlemen or The Men in Grey, is a fantasy novel by Michael Ende, published in 1973. It is about the concept of time and how it is used by humans in mod...
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ISBN: 3522168577
ISBN-13: 9783522168571
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Thomas J Bevan @thomasjbevan1
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Oct 17, 2020
- Curated in Recommended Short Fiction/ Novellas
A children’s book that every adult needs to read. This is the story of the Men in Grey, villains who infiltrate a Mediterranean city in order to con the unwitting citizens out of their time. The Men in a Grey dupe then into working harder and living joyless lives so that they might ‘save’time for the future while in reality they embezzle their time away. A powerful allegory about mortality and what truly makes for a good and meaningful life.