Carl Conrad Coreander

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Carl Conrad Coreander is the old man who owns the bookstore in the opening scene of Michael Ende's novel The Neverending Story. The protagonist, Bastian, enters the bookstore to get out of the rain and meets Mr. Coreander for the first time. Mr. Coreander does not like children, and tells Bastian that he will not sell him any books. When the phone rings, Mr. Corander goes into another room and Bastian steals the book which Mr. Corander was reading. Its title is "The Neverending Story."

In the Neverending Story film the character's name was spelled Koreander[1].


The Neverending Story by Michael Ende and its adaptations
v  d  e
Book: The Neverending Story
Films: The NeverEnding Story | The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter | The NeverEnding Story III
Television: Animated series | Tales from the Neverending Story
Characters: Atreyu | Bastian Balthazar Bux | Carl Conrad Coreander | Childlike Empress | Gmork | Luckdragon | Southern Oracle | Ygramul
Other: Auryn | Fantastica