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Griso : the one and only / Roger Mello ; with illustrations based on the world's art ; translated from Portuguese by Daniel Hahn.
Van Pelt Library PZ7.M516252 Gri 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mello, Roger, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Griso o unico. English
- Language:
- English
- Portuguese
- Subjects (All):
- Unicorns--Juvenile fiction.
- Unicorns.
- Identity (Philosophical concept)--Juvenile fiction.
- Identity (Philosophical concept).
- Voyages and travels--Juvenile fiction.
- Voyages and travels.
- Animals--Juvenile fiction.
- Animals.
- Belonging (Social psychology)--Juvenile fiction.
- Belonging (Social psychology).
- Multiculturalism--Juvenile fiction.
- Multiculturalism.
- Picture books for children.
- Genre:
- Picture books.
- Physical Description:
- 23 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- First Elsewhere edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Brooklyn, NY : Elsewhere Editions, 2024.
- Language Note:
- In English ; translated from the Portuguese.
- Summary:
- "The last of his kind, Griso travels the world searching for unicorn companions. He asks beetles, chameleons, and buffalos if they've seen any mythical creatures like him, and all send him on his way saying, "Neither here nor at the edge of the world." Griso gallops across plains, marshes, and mountains, he trots into the sunset and chats with fearsome narwals by the sea. On each spread, we see Griso rendered in a new artistic style, portrayed as a shadowy cave painting, a chivalrous medieval stead, or lost along a mind-bending surrealist horizon. Griso, the Unique introduces young readers to artistic movements spanning the 7th to 18th century, leaping across time and color with the flip of a page. In Daniel Hahn's exquisite translation, Griso, the Unique opens the doors to a world of African painting, Tang Dynasty murals, medieval tapestries, and art hidden beneath Egyptian pyramids. A song of color, time, expression, and a fantastical search for belonging by Brazilian visionary, Roger Mello."--Amazon.
- Notes:
- Illustrations based on native art of the world.
- Translation of: Griso o unico.
- ISBN:
- 9781962770088
- 1962770087
- OCLC:
- 1417471385
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