Part science fiction, part fairy tale, part myth, part epic, the book is a satire on all these genres and so constantly satirises itself. Again and again, Moers confounds our expectations as the narrative twists and turns, travels backwards and forwards in time. : 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear (9780739457894) by Moers, Walter and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available.
By the end of the book, he has expended exactly half of his 27 lives. Unlike cats, which have only nine lives, bluebears have. Thus Bluebear comes to the end of his first life and embarks on his second. Captain Bluebear is a bear with blue fur, a creature as unique as the fantastic adventures he undergoes. Then, when he outgrows their ship to such an extent that he is in danger of sinking it, they abandon him on an island with a bottle of seaweed juice and a loaf of seaweed bread. 'Mine is a tale of mortal danger and eternal love, of hair's breadth, last-minute escapes.' Welcome to the fantastic. They rescue him and teach him about knots and waves, and that a good white lie is often considerably more exciting than the truth. I shall recount thirtreen-and-a-half of them in this book but keep quiet about the rest,' says the narrator of Walter Moers's epic adventure. Some Minipirates find a baby bear with blue fur inside a walnut shell floating on the ocean towards a giant whirlpool. 'Within the first 15 pages I was carried away by the sheer craziness of it all. The first novel by Walter Moers about the fictional continent of Zamonia, covering the live and travelings of Bluebear, a blue bear, a character in a series. A delightfully illustrated cult novel, literary satire and epic adventure.
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