Books by Walter Moers (5)
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A Wild Ride Through the Night by Walter Moers EN
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When a disaster at sea puts twelve-year-old Gustave in the hand of Death, he has the choice to give up the ghost or take on a series of six impossible tasks.
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Die 13 1/2 Leben des Käpt'n Blaubär by Walter Moers DE
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»Das Leben ist zu kostbar, um es dem Schicksal zu überlassen.« »Ein Blaubär hat 27 Leben. Dreizehneinhalb werde ich in diesem Buch preisgeben...«, so beginnt der allererste Roman von Walter Moers. Man schrieb das Jahr 1999, als der berühmte Käpt ́n Blaubär seine halbe Lebensgeschichte vorlegte. Darin geht es um Zwergpiraten, Klabautergeister, Waldspinnenhexen, Tratschwellen, Stollentrolle, Finsterbergmaden, eine Berghutze, einen Riesen ohne Kopf, einen Kopf ohne Riese, schlafwandelnde Yetis, einen ewigen Tornado, Rikschadämonen, einen Prinz aus einer anderen Dimension, einen Professor mit sieb... continue
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The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers EN
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Unlike cats, bluebears have 27 lives, which can be very handy when one considers the manner in which the hero of this story repeatedly manages to avoid death only by a paw's breadth. The story describes Captain Bluebear's first 13 and a half lives.
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The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers EN
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Optimus Yarnspinner, a young Zamonian writer, inherits very little from his beloved godfather apart from an unpublished short story by an unknown author. This manuscript proves to be such a superb piece of writing that he can't resist the temptation to investigate the mystery surrounding the author's identity. The trail takes him to the City of Dreaming Books. After falling under the spell of this book-obsessed metropolis; Yarnspinner also falls into the clutches of its evil genius, Pfistomel Smyke, who treacherously maroons him in the city's labyrinthine catacombs. He finds himself in a subte... continue
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The Labyrinth of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers EN
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It has been more than two hundred years since Bookholm was destroyed by a devastating fire, as told in Moers's The City of Dreaming Books. Hildegunst von Mythenmetz, hailed as Zamonia's greatest writer, is on vacation in Lindworm Castle when a disturbing message reaches him, and he must return to Bookholm to investigate a mystery. The magnificently rebuilt city has once again become a metropolis of storytelling and the book trade. Mythenmetz encounters old friends and new denizens of the city - and the shadowy "Invisible Theater." Astonishingly inventive, amusing, and engrossing, this is a cap... continue
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