Rumo & His Miraculous Adventures

by Walter Moers

Book Overview

Bestselling author Walter Moers's Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures is "equal parts J. K. Rowling, Douglas Adams, and Shel Silverstein . . . a work of monumental silliness (Washington Post).

Rumo is a little Wolperting who will one day become the greatest hero in the history of Zamonia. Armed with Dandelion, his talking sword, he fights his way across Overworld and Netherworld, two very different realms chock-full of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585679364
• ISBN13: 9781585679362
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.8" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Rumo

Rumo and his Miraculous Adventures In the land of Zamonia, a young wolperting named Rumo lives on a farm until he is captured by a Demonocles, "a race of cyclops," and taken to Roaming Rock. There he meets Smyke, a shark grub, who teaches Rumo to speak. Rumo finds his way to wolperting where he meets several other wolpertings including Urs of the snows, Rala, a young wolperting girl, and many more. His adventures start when all the Wolpertings disappear from the face of the Zamonia. Rumo fights his way through many dangers armed with his talking sword, Dandelion. Rumo and his Miraculous Adventures is an exciting fantasy tale from the mind of Walter Moers, author of The 13 ½ lives of Captain Bluebear. It is fun for ages 10 and up, and is also good for reading to younger kids. I loved RUMO... because of the way Walter Moers sucks you in with his way of telling stories. This book is great for kids and grown-ups alike who like a good fantasy tale. By Enzo Peters '

Even Better than "13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear"

This is an outstanding novel by the author of "The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear." RUMO is actually more satisfying as a novel because Moers takes more time to develop one cohesive story rather than a series of short-stories as he did in "13 1/2 Lives." But his incredible inventiveness still shines through. Be sure to read Captain Bluebear first though, because that's where Moers introduces the world of Zamonia and some of the important characters in RUMO.

Adventure-filled Greatness!

Excellent book. I completely loved it. For slightly over 5 dollars, i got an excellent read, with a detailed filled world and whatnot. I loved the book, it was beautifully written.

Marvelous in every sense of the word

All I can say is that I almost cried when I reached the last page of this wonderfully strange, imaginative, violent and hilarious book. I just didn't want the adventure to end. It is quite difficult to describe, but it is a fantasy that mixes violence, awe, hilarious characters, very frightening creatures and exaggerated characterization to create a novel like none other (except other Moers books!) Moers sprinkles the pages with illustrations that are works of art. I've since read every book Moers has in English translation.

rumo - not just a card game

i work in a bookstore. have done for quite some time. in that time, i've browsed pretty much the entire store in search of a good next book. and, considering the rate at which i read (a hundred and twenty odd pages an hour), it pretty much means not only that it's hard to find a good next book, but that my library is guaranteed to grow almost as fast as a weed garden. now, a long time ago (not in a galaxy far, far away, but i wish it was), i saw a copy of moer's 13 1/2 lives of captain bluebear and really meant to pick it up, but never quite got around to it. then rumo: the miraculous adventures popped into the store, and the same thing happened. finally, it was released in the paperback size, and we got more than usual in, so i picked on up and gave it a bit of a small browse. then took it to lunch with me where i shared a vegemite and cheese roll with it and found it rather tasty. the book, not the roll. although the roll was quite tasty in its own way. moer is an awesome storyteller. he is darkly comic, and deeply disturbing while at the same way he can make you giggle so hard you'd think you were reading hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy for the first time all over again. i've seen him compared to terry pratchett, but really i think that's just an awful marketing ploy, because i'm not a pratchett fan, and find moer much more to my taste. moer's got more of an edge to his stories, and just a whole lot more gold for your dollar. basically, rumo: the miraculous adventures is just that. the miraculous adventures of rumo, born of a warrior race and destined to greatness from his very beginning. following his nose, he finds the girl he loves and in a desperate attempt to impress her, goes off to get some wood from a spooky forest no sane creature would dare to enter. returning, he finds she, and his entire race, have been kidnapped by the denizens of hel. determined to rescue her, rumo embarks on his most miraculous adventure yet, culminating in a truly spectacular finale of death and destruction! during my reading, i was struck by a similarity with the story of rumo and the books by michael de larabeiti - the borribles series. not so much in the plot, or in the style, but more in a very subtle tone of darkness and the futility but necessity of violence, combined with true heroics and self-sacrifice. i truly enjoyed this novel on so many levels and the comic highlight for me were the small adventures of smyke and the non-existent teenies, who were just hilarious. i don't think you can go past this book. it's frightfully funny, and deliciously good. eat it with a side of curry and coke on a nice hot summer night and you'll be just fine.