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Author | Otfried Preußler |
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Original title | Krabat |
Translator | Anthea Bell |
Cover artist | Chris Kubica |
Language | German |
Genre | Children's novel |
Publisher | New York Review Books in US |
Publication date | 1971 |
Publication place | Germany |
Published in English | 1972 |
ISBN | 978-1590177785 (English) |
Krabat (German: [ˈkʁaːbat] ) is a 1971 fantasy novel about the eponymous Sorbian folk hero, written by Otfried Preußler. The book deals primarily with black magic and the lure of evil. Other themes include friendship, love, and death. It won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (Prize for Literature for Young People) in 1972.