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With this free revisiting of the immortal character of Don Quixote, the multi award-winning illustrator and artist Gek Tessaro looks at the idea of wandering hearts, the feeling and passion within every thing.
The leitmotiv is Cervantes’ mythical character, with his heart and soul of an errant knight. But it is also about reading, which with its irresistible and overwhelming power and magic,will in the end send Don Quixote mad. Thus it is “reading” itself which becomes the heart of this journey of lyrical poetic impressions and striking visual imagery, between the words and pictures of the story of this timeless man.
Light are the clouds in the sky
Light are the apple tree leaves
Light are the waves on the river
Light are the feathers
Light.
Light.
Reading is quite another thing
Like a bird beating its wing
And then landing on your heart
Which join places together
Hearts that beat
Hearts remaining
The heart of my mother
The heart of my mother
The heart of the night
The generous heart
The heart of Quixotte
Try to imagine on your back the weight of the sea.This is why a whale’s heart weighs a hundred kilos.
It weighs a hundred kilos yet it’s not at all heavy.
Try and think about the questions , about everything.
Try and think about the
weight of this world.
Down there in the sea, as black as night.
Try and think of something more real
A whale’s heart weighs a hundred kilos, yet it is light.
Since a knight without romance
Is a clock without hands
A ship with no sea
A potato with no salt
A toothless comb, bare and empty Nineteen, without going on twenty
A trumpet that is mute
What am I without you?
A shoe with no feet
A hawk that can’t see
A camel without sand
A sail with no wind
Magic with no mystery or charm
The night comes but it is not dark
A violin that is mute
What am I without you?
Death, you don’t frighten nor scare me at all
Even if you shout loud and call
Death you hold no fear for me
Even should you destroy the breeze
It is you who mixes and confuses
The light and shade of two worlds, my leaves with branches
It is I who go while you endure
It is you who mixes and confuses
The light and shade of two worlds, my leaves with branches
It is I who go while you endure
I wish it were I that could remain
To be able to walk again
To resolve a problem
Be blood in a vein
Be water in a stream
To be at night a little gleam
To see as though within a game
Be water in a stream
To be at night a little gleam
To see as though within a game
What remains of my flame
Was I a fire, or just a hearth
What purpose did my burning serve
What kind of fire have I been
And was somebody burned by me
Translation by Jonathan Cox
And was somebody burned by me
Translation by Jonathan Cox
ANDERSEN PRIZE 2012 Best illustrated volume
First reprint
Conceived and created by Gek Tessaro
GEK TESSARO
Is an author and illustrator. Driven by a provocative spirit combined with a subtle vein of irony, he has worked with numerous different publishing houses and received many important awards, including
the Andersen 2010 Award for best complete author and the National Nati per Leggere Award (Born to read ndt) in 2011. His concept of drawn and illustrated theatre comes from his interest in spoken drawing, pictures that tell stories. Using an overhead projector to display his astonishing techniques, he brings life to the narratives taken from his texts. His capacity for observation and synthesis are transformed into enthralling and absorbing theatrical performances.
Is an author and illustrator. Driven by a provocative spirit combined with a subtle vein of irony, he has worked with numerous different publishing houses and received many important awards, including
the Andersen 2010 Award for best complete author and the National Nati per Leggere Award (Born to read ndt) in 2011. His concept of drawn and illustrated theatre comes from his interest in spoken drawing, pictures that tell stories. Using an overhead projector to display his astonishing techniques, he brings life to the narratives taken from his texts. His capacity for observation and synthesis are transformed into enthralling and absorbing theatrical performances.
Illustrated volume of 64 pages with laminated cover • In 28,5 x 28,5 cm format • Contains a DVD • Age: from 9 years upwards
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