Name: My Little one
SKU: 53073489
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Author: Germano Zullo
ISBN: 9781939810663

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Physical Book

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Language

English

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Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.8x15.5x2 cm

Weight

0.36 kg.

ISBN13

9781939810663

Synopsis "My Little one"

Winner of the 2016 Bologna Ragazzi Award, My Little One is a series of sparse and rhythmic images drawn in simple grey pencil, measuring like a metronome the boundless love between mother and son. A mother, welcoming her tiny son into the world, tells him the story of their lives, whispering to him as she swings him gently around. With each successive page, he grows while she shrinks, until she is being held by the man he has become. Albertine's weightless strokes and billowing bodies recall the flitting procession of a flipbook or an ephermeral notebook sketch. She choreographs the peculiar dance of aging, of the way our bodies fold, lean, tuck into one another as we grow old. Filled with poetry and questioning, Germano whittles his words down - each precise line reminds us of the pithy goodness of childhood. An eloquent portrait of life's waxing and waning, My Little One is a moving celebration of constant, unconditional love.

Germano Zullo

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Germano Zullo (Ginebra, Suiza, 1968) es un escritor de origen italiano. Estudia economía y administración y trabaja como contable antes de dedicarse a la escritura. Además de escritor de novelas y cuentos infantiles, es poeta, guionista y autor de películas de animación. En 1992 conoce a Albertine y con su matrimonio en 1996, además comienza una colaboración profesional.

Los textos de Germano son ligeros e impredecibles. Tras una aparente sencillez narrativa, se aprecia una mirada que va de lo poético a lo humorístico y que invita a la reflexión del lector.

Todos estos ingredientes les convierten en una pareja creativa imprescindible que ha conseguido acercarse al universo infantil gracias a unos trabajos rotundos que respiran poesía, libertad y frescura.

A pesar de disponer de una extensa obra conjunta, solo una pequeña parte está publicada en España.

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