Troppo Tardi , testo di Giovanna Zoboli, illustrazioni di Camilla Engman, Ed. Topipittori, Settembre 2010
Cosa vuol dire troppo tardi? Quando si è troppo piccoli, “troppo tardi” è un'espressione vaga. Per tutti troppo tardi è troppo qualcosa, per qualcuno è freddo, per altri buio ma su una cosa concordano tutti: è troppo tardi!
Per Riccardo Troppo Tardi è un puntino lontano, un luogo che vorrebbe scoprire, se solo la strada non fosse troppo lunga e buia e vuota, se solo fosse più grande e avesse il coraggio necessario per partire.
E se arrivasse una strana brigata ad accompagnarlo? Magari un orso in bicicletta, un gatto bianco dalla vista miracolosa e la signora cerva, con i suoi grandi occhi dolci. Ma dove incontrare questa strampalata compagnia? Al limitare del bosco forse, o forse al confine fra realtà e sogno.
Troppo Tardi è un luogo lontano, al di là del bosco addormentato e delle colline sonnecchianti. Troppo Tardi è un luogo accessibile solo a chi osa raggiungerlo.
A Troppo Tardi c'è tutto, troppo: people, music, dances, the noise the lights. And Richard, after all, is too small to do so later.
Luckily, the bear is too big it can take away from the crowds, the Cat too agile it may slip between the people and the Fawn's tune too can sing a sweet lullaby.
So, wake up, nothing remains but the memories of the joy of travel and companionship, of sharing an extraordinary experience, brood in the warmth of their dreams.
A register of discovery and adventure, even friendship, brotherhood, who teaches with a naturally soft and silky that it is easy to stick together when you share a journey, no matter that it is too late or for life ; a register in which we entrust each other with confidence and serenity.
is the second time that I talk about an album written by Joan Zoboli, for the second time meeting a subtle and sophisticated language skills. Leaving aside the obscurity of expression I Have in Too Late are a playful language, full of alliterations and repetitions crackling addictive us to a distant place.
I enjoyed reading and rereading the text out loud, have stumbled repeatedly in trying to read at speed: I've never been good with words read quickly, yet the rhythm of the text is cleverly compelling, I laughed several times repeating all the tr, tr, tr, tr reminded me that, depending on the scene, the cheerful crackle of a motorcycle or the roll of a drum.
What about pictures of Camilla Engman? Who does not know it already will be pleasantly surprised to find a narrative of images so well balanced: the reality that sets in representing the adult world that slowly loses its border with the pace of the story, through the addition of small parts only sketched, rendered almost invisible, which also allude to a step change in the narrative. Pets Sleeping, rainbows unlikely, a mouse in its burrow, the hills that the return trip from almost explode to fill the void of the night, small pebbles are dropped to point the way to that mysterious place where there is too much everything. A narrative its delicate, joyful and reassuring, with a well balanced use of color: not more than four to five colors for tables, natural dyes, based on light but well-defined characters soft and comforting.
is an album I would recommend delicious not only for nap time but also for a lively reading in class.
The book comes at the same time in France, by Edizioni Helium .
For those unfamiliar with Jeanne and Camilla, I put some additional information ... a little homage and many fine interviews.
Born in Milan, Giovanna Zoboli is an important figure in the world of Italian literature to children. She is a woman who has held a variety of roles: from editor for major publishers, to editor, editor, author not only of poetry but also picture books and a graphic novel for adults entitled "A Life ", Bloomsbury Publishing Editor. In 2004 he founded with Paul Canton, the publisher Topipittori .
Over the years he has won several awards, including the prestigious Andersen Prize for best illustrated register for the age group 0-6 years, and the White Ravens in 2004 and 2005.
Joan, whom I had the pleasure to know personally, it's definitely a woman with a personality complex behind a granite hides a woman's first impression is extremely careful and sensitive, educated, never pretentious, with uncompromising probably others any more than it is not with itself. Joan has the look of sharp people who want more of the surface of things, and two arms Kindergartens ready to sweetness as to rebuke when necessary. Maybe I'm wrong, but a rationality behind especially necessary to those who make the job of editor, I believe that she is hiding a real Passionaria of the word written and illustrated. Her his lyrics reveal a lot, personally I prefer the polished phrases, as a craftsman (as he told Marguerite Yourcenar) where nothing is redundant, those phrases net, sometimes sharp, which contain everything you need to know. Those who phrases, poetry, not only loves but also writes.
Some interviews to learn more about Joan:
Read Read - http://www.leggereleggerci.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=184:le-donne-delleditoria-per-ragazzi & ; catid = 30: Interviste_fatte & Itemid = 37
Paradise Orc - http://www.paradisodegliorchi.com/cgi-bin/pagina.pl?Tipo=intervista&Chiave=25
The poetry of John http://www.filidaquilone. it/num001brandolini4.html
Camilla Engman round artist: it is an illustrator, graphic designer and painter. The complexity of his work can be seen on his website: http://www.camillaengman.com/ and sull'interessantissimo blog: http://camillaengman.blogspot.com/
Camilla comes from Trollhättan, Sweden, has a diploma in Craft and Design and a Master of Fine Arts. Since he finished his studies he started working as a freelance artist while in his youth, he worked for a time in a hair salon, as a cleaner and a car factory until, thankfully, decided to undertake the walk of art! He had done it we would have missed so much!
Engman striking images of the cleaning, the linear nature, the essence of color, always natural, never uses the colors too bright, it partly explains why in this interview. His illustrations, as well as paintings, are never particularly complex: the heart of the image è sempre ben focalizzato ed evidente, i personaggi sono ben delineati, lo sfondo spesso bianco o comunque composto da pochi elementi e da colori chiari. In queste immagini, solo apparentemente semplici, l'immaginario dell’artista sbuca di sorpresa, in piccoli dettagli abbozzati, quasi nascosti di proposito, quasi il lettore debba voler fare lo sforzo di catturarli. Oltre alle immancabili presenze di Morran, la sua cagnolina adorata, il suo universo si arricchisce di bizzarri esseri animati, tratteggiati in velocità, che regalano alle sue tavole un lato a volte buffo, a volte ironico, sempre sorprendente. Impedibili i suoi collages di piccoli oggetti raccolti qui e là.
Mi ha molto incuriosita leggere alcune sue dichiarazioni on the "sisterhood" and friendship, his words made me think just Too Late , because it seemed perfectly summarizing the concept of the book: "[a sister / friend is] Someone who loves you Even When you are ugly inside / outside. And someone who wants to follow you on your adventures. "*, Come to think of the happy group of friends of the book is stocked in its own strange way, and yet leave together to allow Richard of his dream come true! But after hearing what he says about his creative approach: "I Like That things can change on the way, just how expressions Themselves form, and how [the journey] gets me into different Unexpected Situations ."**, there reminds us of the game for which the "too late" dell'accezione 'adult' in the imagination of Richard becomes the country Too Late ? To me it makes perfect sense! You can read the full interview here .
Another unmissable interview can be found on:
Ink on my Fingers - http://inkonmyfingers.typepad.com/ink_on_my_fingers/2009/08/my-creative-life-camilla-engman.html
Finally the interview on Poppytalk - http://poppytalk.blogspot.com/2007/09/interview-camilla-engman-2008-calendar.html which I have already referred above.
* "[a sister / friend is] someone who loves you even when you're ugly inside and out. Someone who wants to follow you in your adventures
** "I like the idea that things may change along the way, how the expressions are formed, and how [the trip] I can bring to unexpected situations."
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