A story still fully up to date. The people migrate, flee. What connects them are their stories and fairy tales. This is where Orient and Occident meet.
With this traveler’s tale, Wilhelm Hauff lets us know that it is short-sighted to only pay attention to externals. For in the end, despite his strange appearance, old Muck is a good man, respected by all.

Anton Lomaev, the famous illustrator of more than a hundred books for children and adults, brings the heroes to life with his enchanting illustrations and leads us into the world of a thousand and one nights.