Rumo & his miraculous adventures

a novel in two books

by Walter Moers

Paperback, 688 pages

English language

Published Nov. 2, 2005 by Vintage.

ISBN:: 978-0-09-947222-3
OCLC Number:: 61424616

Rumo, der junge Wolpertinger aus »Die 13 ½ Leben des Käpt'n Blaubär«, macht sich selbstständig und geht seinen eignen Weg durch den gefährlichen Kontinent Zamonien. Er folgt dem Silbernen Faden, einer Geruchsspur, die nur er wittern kann und an deren Ende Rumo das Glück vermutet. Auf seiner abenteuerlichen Reise durch zwei höchst unterschiedliche Welten begegnet er Teufelszyklopen und Mondlichtschatten, den Kupfernen Kerlen und den Toten Yetis. Rumo lernt das Kämpfen, die Liebe, die Freundschaft und das Böse kennen, es verschlägt ihn in den geheimnisvollen Nurnenwald, in die legendären Untenwelt und in das Theater der Schönen Tode; er erfährt von den Unvorhandenen Winzlingen, von den Belagerungen der Lindwurmfeste, von Professor Dr. Abdul Nachtigaller und seinem Schubladenorakel – und Rumo findet endlich zu Rala, die ihm die Wunder im Dunkeln zeigt.

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5 stars

(First ever, so hope you don't mind)

Amazing. Fantastic. Brilliant. Oh why can't I come up with better words.

I loved The City of Dreaming Books and The Alchemaster's Apprentice. But I had problems with The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear. The first two were just brilliant and left me in awe of his ideas, words and overall style of writing. The latter one was kind of too much. At parts it seemed like the story didn't progress. There were at times to many crazy ideas. And this overwhelming feeling lead to boredom at times simply due to the brain not being able to progress anything anymore.

But Rumo was different again. It was more in the line of the first two named books. I couldn't stop reading it. One thrilling scene after another. Leaving me wide awake at night with a racing heart.

The story is great. Following Rume …