Walter Moers
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Zamonien: Entdeckungsreise durch einen phantastischen Kontinent - Von A wie Anagrom Ataf bis Z wie Zamomin (2012) 51 exemplar
Schöner leben mit dem kleinen Arschloch: Ein umfassender Ratgeber für alle Aspekte modernen menschlichen… (1992) 44 exemplar
Die Schimauski-Methode und andere sensationelle Entdeckungen des erstaunlichen Prof. Dr. Albert Schimauski (2000) 10 exemplar
Käpt'n Blaubärs Seemannsgarn, Bd.2, Moby Duck, die weiße Riesenente (1990) — Författare — 4 exemplar
2007 2 exemplar
Mi vida de pirata enano: Primera parte de la trilogía de las fabulosas aventuras de Osoazul en el mágico continente… (2005) 2 exemplar
Käpt'n Blaubär — Författare — 2 exemplar
Käptn Blaubär , die drei Bärchen und der blöde Wolf - Das Musical — Performer — 1 exemplar
Wunderbare Weihnachten. 1 exemplar
Die große Käpt'n Blaubär Box (4 DVDs) — Regissör — 1 exemplar
Kaptein Blåbjørns 13½ liv 1 exemplar
Rumo a zázraky v tmách 1 exemplar
Město snících knih 1 exemplar
Käpt'n Blaubärs Seemannsgarn: Hühnermeuterei 1 exemplar
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- Födelsedag
- 1957-05-24
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- Germany
- Födelseort
- Mönchengladbach, West Germany
- Bostadsorter
- Hamburg, Germany
- Yrken
- comic book artist
comic book writer - Priser och utmärkelser
- Phantastik-Preis der Stadt Wetzlar (2005)
Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher
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- Verk
- 82
- Medlemmar
- 11,007
- Popularitet
- #2,148
- Betyg
- 4.1
- Recensioner
- 276
- ISBN
- 318
- Språk
- 17
- Favoritmärkt
- 103
Don't get me wrong, fair play to Walter Moers - it's abundantly clear this is a labour of love and that he revelled in losing himself within this magical, imaginative world of his, with his plucky blue narrator; and if that's not what life's about, then I don't know what is. But as a reader, journeying through this tale was akin to traipsing through the dastardly quicksand near that volcano in the story (Forgive me for not being precise; I cannot bear (no pun intended) to reopen that yellow brick to find its proper name because that in essence is my entire problem with it all: gah! it's too made up!)
I know, I know. It's not ol' Walter's fault it's mine and I get that, but I also think a good work of writing captures the reader, so they lose themselves in the book, like a spell. I just thought Bluebear was incredibly transparent - I could sense lists of words coming a mile off; nouns stacked behind nouns separated with countless commas or semi colons of endless, relentless, meaningless, soul defeating lists of things - I imagine he was having a whale of a time thinking of synonyms or other imaginative phrasing but it just left me thinking the same things I think about dreams: if anything is possible, where is the measure of quality of idea? For me it should be in the selection process - what you chose and chose not to include - which I feel was lacking from the onset. Another reviewer asserted the book could've been 400 pages shorter and I high-five that assessment. There was just too much of stuff and I think it lacked a little skill in the editing department. And when the congladitorial duel came up, I thought I was done for. It was literally a tall tale telling tale after tall tale for pages on end. A little bit of me died at that point.
To sum up then: wonderfully imaginative and clever (especially the broad vocabulary and subject matter and hat tips to our own world) but ultimately massively too long and stylistically a bit drab, not for me, sorry!… (mer)