This story book by Michael Sowa tells the tale of « The Enchanted Flute » to children. Witty, elegant and dark paintings illustrate this classic yarn. This book fits wonderfully within the ‘Les petits dés rangés’ collection by offering a story that can please parents – through the finesse of its images and sly references – as much as children (6 and older) – through its simple story-line, its animal imagery and its colors. With characters worthy of Jean de la Fontaine, this work offers up an original, theatrical and sometimes disturbing world.
Michael Sowa is a renowned German painter and illustrator, whose well-known Bestiary was published by Le Seuil. It should be noted that one of his creations made it onto the cover of a 2002 edition of The New Yorker, and that two of his paintings decorate Amélie Poulain’s bedroom wall in Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s film. (A Bear Called Sunday, Esterhazy : A Hare in Berlin, and The Little King December have been published by L’Inventaire, and The Unexpected Gift by Casterman.)
Translated from German to French by Pierre Grammont.
Graphic design by Isabelle Labussière
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