"A bluebear has twenty-seven lives. I shall recount thirteen and half of them in this book but keep quiet about the rest..." says the narrator of Walter Moer's epic adventure. "...Mine is a tale of mortal danger and eternal love, of hair's breadth, last minute escapes."
Welcome to the fantastic and wondrous world of Zamonia, populated by all manners of extraodinary characters and created by author and illustrator Walter Moers. It's a land of imaginative lunacy and supreme adventure, wicked satire and epic fantasy, all mixed together, turned on its head, and lavishly illustrated.
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Immerse yourself in complete and utter disbelief
starryluvly(Australia)
If you really need a book to cheer you up, pick you up and deposit you back into the realm of idealistic hope, look no further than this book. The best way to describe it would be to call it a fairy tale for adults.
The situations are mind-bogglingly ridiculous, but that's what this book is meant to do. It's meant to entice you away from the real world, enough to get a laugh from the situations which Bluebear manages to find himself with.
This is a very lengthy book, best devoured a chapter at a time, and at one's leisure. Don't even think about reading this on the train ride home because:
1. You'll be annoyed by the distraction of having to keep an eye out for your stop.
2. It's very easy to lose the vibe for this book if you're not paying attention.
This book has really made a spot for itself on my list of favourite novels.
2006-01-31 08:26 | 4 comments
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