My Brother's Book
(Sprache: Englisch)
Fifty years after Where the Wild Things Are was published comes the last book Maurice Sendak completed before his death in May 2012, My Brother's Book. With influences from Shakespeare and William Blake, Sendak pays homage to his late brother, Jack, whom he...
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Fifty years after Where the Wild Things Are was published comes the last book Maurice Sendak completed before his death in May 2012, My Brother's Book. With influences from Shakespeare and William Blake, Sendak pays homage to his late brother, Jack, whom he credited for his passion for writing and drawing. Pairing Sendak's poignant poetry with his exquisite and dramatic artwork, this book redefines what mature readers expect from Maurice Sendak while continuing the lasting legacy he created over his long, illustrious career. Sendak's tribute to his brother is an expression of both grief and love and will resonate with his lifelong fans who may have read his children's books and will be ecstatic to discover something for them now. Pulitzer Prize?winning literary critic and Shakespearean scholar Stephen Greenblatt contributes a moving introduction.
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Autoren-Porträt von Maurice Sendak
Maurice Sendak's books have sold over 50 million copies and have been translated into more than 40 languages. He received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are and is the creator of such classics as In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There, Higglety Pigglety Pop!, and Nutshell Library. In 1970 he received the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration, in 1983 he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award from the American Library Association, and in 1996 he received a National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America. In 2003, Sendak received the first Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, an annual international prize for children's literature established by the Swedish government.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Maurice Sendak
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 5 Jahre
- 2013, 32 Seiten, mit farbigen Abbildungen, Maße: 15,1 x 23,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Harper Collins Publ. USA
- ISBN-10: 0062234897
- ISBN-13: 9780062234896
- Erscheinungsdatum: 05.02.2013
Sprache:
Englisch
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To read this intensely private work is to look over the artist's shoulder as he crafts his own afterworld, a place where he lies in silent embrace with those he loves forever.--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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