Inkheart series by Cornelia Funke

Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.

Characters from books literally leap off the page in this engrossing fantasy. Meggie has had her father to herself since her mother went away when she was young. Mo taught her to read when she was five, and the two share a mutual love of books. He can "read" characters out of books. When she was three, he read aloud from a book called Inkheart and released characters into the real world. At the same time, Meggie's mother disappeared into the story. This "story within a story" will delight not just fantasy fans, but all readers who like an exciting plot with larger-than-life characters.

Inima de cerneala (distinsa cu 12 premii internationale) este primul volum dintr-o trilogie, a carei ultima parte a aparut anul acesta. Este un roman in care cotidianul se imbina cu fantasticul, iar aventurile eroilor, desfasurate pe viata si pe moarte, ii tin cu rasuflarea taiata atat pe copii, cat si pe adulti. Mai presus de orice este vorba de insasi lumea cartii, care intretine legaturi nevazute si misterioase cu universul cotidian, caci pe de-o parte, personajele ies din carte, participand la viata de zi cu zi, pe de alta parte, oamenii intra in carte, urmandu-si fiecare destinul harazit.

Inima de cerneala ridica problema responsabilitatii autorului fata de personajele sale, care pot aduce binele sau raul in lume. Trilogia este ecranizata in momentul de fata la Hollywood si se anunta a fi un succes la fel de rasunator ca Harry Potter. (prezentare Editura Trei)

Am cautat volumul Inima de cerneala de cand am vazut filmul si abia azi l-am gasit la un anticariat. Tot pana azi habar nu am avut ca face parte dintr-o serie:

Just a few chapters into Inkspell, Mo (a.k.a. "Silvertongue") sagely says to his daughter, "Stories never really end, Meggie, even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don't end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page." A fitting meta-observation for this, the unplanned second installment in Cornelia Funke's beloved now-trilogy.

Caught between the covers of a cursed story...

Ever since the extraordinary events of Inkspell, when the enchanted book Inkheart drew Meggie and her father, Mo, into its chapters, life in the Inkworld has been more tragic than magical. Dustfinger is dead, having sacrificed his life for his apprentice's, and now, under the rule of the evil Adderhead, the fairy-tale land is in bloody chaos, its characters far beyond the control of Fenoglio, their author. Facing the threat of eternal winter, Mo inks a dangerous deal with Death itself. There yet remains a faint hope of changing the cursed story—if only he can fills its pages fast enough.

Inkdeath—the captivating final tale in the Inkheart trilogy.

Ramane sa speram ca volumele 2 si 3 vor fi scoase si la noi (am cautat doar superficial, recunosc), altfel trebuie sa ne orientam (din nou) catre editurile straine.