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he philosophy that is the grounds of salgari s narrative in matters of getting inspiration from current affairs and in matters of representing technological expansionism carried out regardlessly a trend that as it seems hasn t stopped with the end of the 19 th century it also has credit for actualizing the story to bring it nearer in all its unlikeliness to a reality we know far too well leaving intact salgari s taste for danger and adventure i believe it was a consciously risky choice dictated by a strong civic and environmental feeling it s by the way an effective way to let young people approach the consequences of what tropea calls la espansione del progresso la rapina anche e la prevaricazione ad opera dell uomo occidentale caimmi s wonderful watercolours fill the pages with vigour and awareness the wave that slowly takes shape and then almost entirely floods the page premonition of imminent disasters seems to obscure every surface sky sea ship men reduced to mere shadows melting in the light of the fire but the morning comes the island has disappeared in the depths of the ocean and the fire is all over everything seems to gain back its original shape its consistency the night in its sinisterly sparked mantle leaves place to reality with all its tragic truth bitter words resound una fortuna da raccogliere e gli isolani non si lasceranno certo scappare una così bella occasione even bitter when the fortune they can get is a staining and suffocating oil spot in the text salgari refers to the fish that died because of the heat of the waters as a consequence of the island burning while in the images caimmi has painted make us think of a sad though concrete paradox the black gold source of wars of political and economical strategies gets out of control and invades nature dragging away precious balances while common men are left with a desperate and meticulous fishing in the effort to reduce damages as much as possible the picture book ends with this wonderful image no words are needed to describe such a scene an extremely well done book as in the tradition of this publishing house the careful use of graphics enhances the connection between words and images a priceless lesson for those who want to teach to their sons or students the due respect for environment luca caimmi is al illustrator from marche he has received several recognitions amid which the prize titled to andrea pazienza he was selected as well at the bologna book fair in 1998 and 1999 he has published several titles amid which la nave by antonio koch in 2009 with topipittori and in 2010 he took part to the collective exhibit titled banchi di nebbia orecchio acerbo has published the catalogue here is his blog http lucacaimmi blogspot com mario tropea emilio salgari un classico della letteratura italiana agorà vii a ii ottobre dicembre 2001 we can as well affirm that the reasons of the interest in salgari s works derives from that ability of his to interpret at a direct and aideological level as the pedigreed and instinctive author he was elementary exactly and far more convincing for this the tendencies and myths of reality in the 1800 as exoticism or the dream of conquest and motion worldwide diffusion planetary appropriation the expansion of progress its robbery as well and prevarication that western men imposed on the rest of the world the expansion of progress the robbery as well and the abuse of power operated by western men ibidem a fortune to harvest the people from the islands won t certainly miss such a good occasion copyright text and images ed orecchio acerbo 2011 images have been reproduced with the publisher s permission any unauthorized reproduction being strictly forbidden pubblicato da cristiana c a 22 56 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest etichette recensioni reviews sélection editeurs selezione editori tuesday 26 april 2011 et pourquoi pas toi editions notari et pourquoi pas toi by madalena matoso editions notari 2011 hello everybody today i shall tell you about a beautiful picture book for younger children even if if i think of it better it s a book for all ages it s one of notari s last publications i discovered it during the bologna book fair and that i am now happy to share with you notari is a small and eclectic publishing house from switzerland that is run by the nice couple luca and paola notari of course for a start i would like to talk a bit about the author of this book madalena matoso illustrator and author matoso is one of the founders of planeta tangerina an interesting publishing atelier that has produced several picture books of great interest suffice it to take a look at their catalogue to realize it madalena matoso s books are not new in italy in fact with topipittori publishing she has two titles quanti siamo in casa and quando sono nato that have been published as well in french by notari under the titles chez moi nous sommes and quand je suis né together with se balader only one title has been translated and published this year in english when i was born published by tate publishing matoso has received several recognitions amid which the cj picture book award furthermore in 2008 she was selected for the 28th edition of the exhibit le immagini della fantasia in sarmede but let s talk about et pourquoi pas toi the book is wordless its structure very simple and clever as you can see despite the imperfection of my picture the book has a cut at the middle of the pages separating the tables in two mobile straps images are consequently modular translation in images of the surrealist idea of the cadavre exquis or exquisite corpse of which another beautiful example is the bestiaire universel du professeur revillod this book plays with image narration though it maintains shapes and colours apt for a younger audience clear cut images on a white background geometrical shapes basic colours image composition isn t very complex though detailed characters outlined in a simple way correspond to reassuring logics and are easily read in order to obtain a functional mechanism on the left hand side all characters are dressed in red while on the right they are dressed in blue here below are a couple of examples not only image composition has been studied so as to give continuity to the upper and lower parts of the pages therefore thanks to the use of simple geometric shapes any combination you choose page cuts always correspond to a finished and following image that sometimes leads to magic implications others simply fun ones the declared topic of this book is beautiful and important it tells of equality between men and women in theory it s a very complex topic to deal with though thanks to the mechanism of mobile straps all difficulties seem to disappear there s no need for words to explain you just need to turn the page the meaning is intuitive and immediate this is how we end up meeting men and women doing the most varied jobs women scientists farmers magicians or rock stars see above and men doing baby sitting or just taking care of their sick kids or primary school teachers exactly because of the wide range of possible combinations there are no age nor sex limits more to a closer analysis the message goes far beyond equality between men and women as in this gorgeous book there are no ethnical limitations be you white black yellow or blue you can do all you want it s the representation of an ideal world where i would want to live as well created in collaboration with the department for social cohesion youth and sports of the town of geneva this book is an important tool for modern children from any nation the idea of equality amid sexes and races is never learned soon enough especially when society is subject to quick and important changes like nowadays especially when integration is a daily urgent issue maybe with a book like this children or future adults will learn not to look their neighbour with suspicion and they will be able to give course to new perspectives for everyone shortly an international book for modern children what else could you wish for i can already hear them is this a job for girls or for boys how about this one and this p s i received the book from the publishers upon selection at the book fair in bologna i thank them for their kindness and precious collaboration copyright text and images ed notari 2011 images have been reproduced with the publisher s permission all unauthorized reproduction is strictly forbidden pubblicato da cristiana c a 20 50 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest etichette recensioni reviews sélection editeurs selezione editori monday 18 april 2011 favole di esopo topipittori fables by aesop illustrations by simone rea translation by bianca mariano topipittori editore march 2011 i had been waiting for the publication of this book for about a year i had fallen in love with simone rea s artwork at first glance and since then at regular intervals i asked giovanna and paolo for some news about the book i must have been a real pain in the neck the book was finally published in march right before the bologna children s book fair and to confirm how strange life can be a few weeks before i had personally met simone in rome during a wonderful laboratory at orecchio acerbo publishing house but let s start with order because today we re talking about what is considered the forerunner of modern fables and this deserves at least a short introduction during the centuries aesop s fables have been translated several times from greek to latin to medieval versions in vulgar isopet or ysopet and revisions in some cases we could as well say they were re written as it was the case with jean de la fontaine who rewrote them according to the needs of his times also from the iconographic point of view the fables have been the source of several interpretations from the famous new york public library s esopo mediceo to the one from augusta dating the end of 1400 up to the very famous children s version titled baby s own aesop by walter crane dating 1887 not to forget milo winter s and arthur rackham s dating the beginning of 1900 to end this quick excursus let me mention one last masterpiece the interpretation antonio frasconi gave of the fables for those who can read italian publisher topipittori wrote this beautiful post on its blog several diatribes regarding fables paternity took place in time and space in fact to its primeval nucleus several additions were made in later epochs imitating their style in some cases metrics as well to the point that the identification of the original fables became quite difficult to evince to this purpose i suggest you to take a look at the fables pedigree you can find here and to read this article where their classification is thoroughly explained we could talk about aesop s fables for days but let s get to our times because as it seems the attention towards this literature s classic hasn t decreased as an evidence to what i m saying let me mention the recent version published by milan presse with artwork by jean francois martin that was awarded with the fiction bologna ragazzi award and the beautiful version object for this post for a start please allow me to make a short evaluation on the fable s selection the publisher made we re talking 20 fables for each one we have a double page spread amid the selected fables we find some famous texts such as the town mouse and the country mouse the cat and the mice the fox and the grapes together with less usual ones such as the donkey and the mule and the crab and its mother a refined selection that has been clearly meditated at length and now let s talk about simone rea s artwork the lion and the dolphin the first thing that strikes me while looking at those illustrations is the use of colour even though there is not much space left for white rea s tables are sober and elegant his colours peculiar and wisely measured fill the glance and give us a sense of time suspension the seraphic azures at times clear others more material copious or transparent reds or the more neutral nuances to whom the illustrator gives the task to soothe the turmoil resulting from other colours if you notice white appears in the details in the dolphin s dress light lace above or in the chair in the illustration that follows in the dresses collars or in the t shirt and in the frog s face from the last illustration another aspect that meets my taste in particular is simone s sensibility for material for the scratched scraped off stroke that often gives images with a modern tone an air of something more consumed as if we were observing a film worn by the many projections as if to underline the infinite repetition of these stories indirect recall to the fable s ancient life the monkeys and their mother another important aspect that needs be taken into consideration about simone s images is their composition in fact in order to maintain a sense of space and lightness and of course to allow text inclusion where narrating elements are composite the heart of image narration plays all around structures that tend to agglomerate giving to the tables background the task to soothe the scene and to create enough space to insert the text framings always accurately distinct give reading its rhythm and liveliness i would also like to emphasize rea s incredible synthesis capability when narrating even if it s true that the fables don t have large texts on the contrary most of them do have a very succinct one it is also true that some of these stories entered popular tradition in many countries and consequently were enriched with a particularly important cultural and iconic inheritance our illustrator s ability to my opinion consists in having inserted with discretion and intelligence some archaic elements re elaborated in a more topic key the gnat and the bull let me clear this point fables where they formed part of popular cultural patrimony at first had a purely moral task and only in a second moment a pedagogical one especially from the moment they were designated as an essential element in children s educational equipment in both cases the parallel between animal s and human behaviours is perfectly clear as much as it s clear these behaviours were used as an example to communicate a common sense lesson while observing rea s tables it appears quite evident how his playing with some elements as for instance clothes used to dress animals as if they were men not a new expedient but still used with remarkable skill or the insertion of modernity cross references i m thinking for instance at the puzzles magazine you find in the monkeys and their mother s image above but also at the digital camera in the frogs complaint against the sun just to name a couple do contribute in a decisive way to the reader s identification process and as a result of this to an easier 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