Das Buch des Oboi

A spectacular novel about a world where the ability to read and write has been wiped out, and a boy who doesn't believe in stories 13-year-old orphan Oboi has run away to find his original home. He ends up in a strange, disaster-stricken mountain town where no one can read. The people there are led by the mysterious Wanda, who uses devices attached to the palm of her hand to determine what everyone is allowed to know or do. At a flea market, Oboi meets a woman who gives him a book. According to her prophecy, this book could change everything and help Oboi find what he thought was lost forever. And suddenly the history-shy Oboi realises that he is probably the hero who is supposed to save the whole world. A fantastic adventure story that shows that books are not just letters or words - they contain fantastic thoughts and entire worlds.