The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear

The 131⁄2 Lives of Captain Bluebear is a 1999 fantasy novel by German writer and cartoonist Walter Moers which details the numerous lives of a human-sized bear with blue fur. Though the novel was originally written in German, an English translation by John Brownjohn was published in the United Kingdom in 2000 and in the United States in 2005, an Italian translation in 2000, a Chinese translation in 2002, and a French translation in 2005. The book became a bestseller in Europe with considerable popularity in Germany and the United Kingdom while experiencing relative obscurity in the United States.