The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Blue Bear

Die Abenteuer des Kaptain Blaubär nun endlich auch auf Englisch! Walter Moers beschreibt hier auf skurrile und fantasievolle Weise die ersten 13,5 Leben dieses berühmt-berüchtigen Kapitäns. Er wohnt auf Zamonia, wo Wasser bergauf fließt, Wüsten aus Zucker bestehen, Intelligenz eine ansteckende Krankheit ist und wo viel Mut und Einfallsreichtum gefordert sind, um den Gefahren, die hinter jeder Ecke lauern, zu entgehen.

Captain Bluebear is a bear with blue fur, a creature as unique as the fantastic adventures he undergoes. Unlike cats, which have only nine lives, bluebears have twenty-seven. This is fortunate, because our hero is forever avoiding disaster by a paw's breadth. In this remarkable book, Captain Bluebear tells the story of his first thirteen-and-a-half lives spent on the mysterious continent of Zamonia, where intelligence is an infectious disease and water flows uphill, where headless giants roam deserts made of sugar, and where only Captain Bluebear's courage and ingenuity enable him to escape the dangers that lie in wait for him around every corner. In company with our indomitable hero, we enter a realm of the imagination that combines the fantasy of "Lord of the Rings and "The Neverending Story with the humour of Baron Munchausen - a wonderland where anything can exist except boredom.