The 13.5 Lives Of Captain Bluebear
$55.00
- Paperback
704 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2001
Summary
‘Marvellously fantastical’ - Sunday Express
A delightfully illustrated cult novel, literary satire and epic adventure.
‘Within the first 15 pages I was carried away by the sheer craziness of it all. Some Minipirates find a baby bear with blue fur inside a walnut shell floating on the ocean towards a giant whirlpool. They rescue him and teach him about knots and waves, and that a good white lie is often considerably more exciting than the truth. Then, when he outgrows their shi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099285328 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099285320 |
| Author: | Walter Moers, John Brownjohn |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 704 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2001 |
| Weight: | 928g |
| Dimensions: | 245mm x 165mm x 55mm |
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Critics Review
“Marvellously fantastical.” Sunday Express “Part science fiction, part fairy tale, part myth, part epic, the book is a satire on all these genres… Very amusing.” Daily Telegraph
“A yarn of drollery, deeper meaning and sheer lunacy” Rolling Stone “Sheer craziness” Daily Telegraph “The most entertaining book in years” Frankfurter Allemeine Zt “Moers’ creative mind is like J. K. Rowling on ecstasy” Detroit News
About The Author
Walter Moers
Walter Moers was born in 1957 and is a writer, cartoonist, painter and sculptor. He is the creator of the comic strips The Little Asshole and Adolf and his novels include The 13.5 Lives of Captain Bluebear, The City of Dreaming Books and The Alchemaster’s Apprentice. He lives in Hamburg.
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