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Publication
Lo Scarabeo (2023), 128 pages
Description
Experience Wonderland like you never have before with this full-color, illustrated storybook by award-winning artist Paolo Barbieri. This hardcover book presents Lewis Carroll's classic story, but the artwork reinterprets Alice as a teenager exploring Wonderland. In his signature style, Barbieri brings new depth to Alice's journey and delights readers with exquisite illustrations.
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LibraryThing member threadnsong
This modern illustrated classic is phenomenal: the genre is "steam-punk" meaning that the sweet little girl with the pinafore is transformed into a modern, 21st century version of the heroine. Her hair is cropped short, her pinafore is a pair of black pants with heavy boots and a leather belt. She
Oh, and there's a stuffed white rabbit from her childhood attached to her belt. Which makes perfect sense to the White Rabbit in her dreams.
I give 5 stars to the illustrations that bring this heroine of childhood into the time of cars and asphalt and cynicism of the 21st century. But, and this is big, the chopping up of the story itself to fit the illustrations? Only a 3.5. It's far too disjointed to make sense, and additional pages should have been included to tie the storied illustrated pages together. Maybe the second edition of this volume will include those changes.
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wears gauntlets around her wrists - with lace cuffs - and her face shows an intelligence that could only be accepted now.Oh, and there's a stuffed white rabbit from her childhood attached to her belt. Which makes perfect sense to the White Rabbit in her dreams.
I give 5 stars to the illustrations that bring this heroine of childhood into the time of cars and asphalt and cynicism of the 21st century. But, and this is big, the chopping up of the story itself to fit the illustrations? Only a 3.5. It's far too disjointed to make sense, and additional pages should have been included to tie the storied illustrated pages together. Maybe the second edition of this volume will include those changes.
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Language
Original language
English
ISBN
8865278307 / 9788865278307
Local notes
Presents Lewis Carroll’s classic story, with the artwork reinterpreting Alice as a teenager exploring Wonderland.