Momo | Pages: 248 | Author: Michael Ende | On the outskirts of the city, amidst the ruins of an old amphitheater, lives a small, homeless girl named Momo. A girl with a unique talent: by simply listening, she makes the sad feel comforted, the angry find solutions to their problems, and the bored come up with fun ideas. But suddenly, the arrival of the gray men will change her life. Because they spread the idea that saving time is the best thing one can do, and soon no one will have time for anything, not even to play with children. "I don't have time for that." Momo is the only one who doesn't fall into the trap, and with the help of the tortoise Cassiopeia and the teacher Hora, she will take the reader on a wonderful adventure full of lessons about friendship, kindness, and the value of simple things. In short, about what truly makes us happy. A novel that has had a great global impact on readers in every language it has been translated into. The novel Momo won the Grand Prize of German Literature in 1974. The highest literary award in Germany. And it has been translated into all languages of the world.