by Dave Eggers · Kiepenheuer & Witsch GmbH · tapa dura · ISBN 9783462041767
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«Bei den wilden Kerlen» is Dave Eggers's fantasy novel, published by Kiepenheuer & Witsch in hardback (267 pages, in German).
Max lives in a broken family: his father has left, his mother has a younger boyfriend, and his sister ignores him. After a fight, he flees by boat to an island of wild creatures who make him king, but ruling is not what he expected. Based on Maurice Sendak's story and the screenplay by Dave Eggers and Spike Jonze, the novel deals with loneliness and belonging.
Novel originally published as «The Wild Things»; German translation by Ulrike Wasel and Klaus Timmermann.
For young adult and adult readers who want to explore a novelized version of Maurice Sendak's classic.
