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ISBN:
9781681122755
Content:
"Federico GarcÍa Lorca is one of Spain's foremost cultural and literary figures. In 1927, he published his masterpiece Canciones , a volume of lyrical poetry. Tobias Tak transformed twenty of these poems into a series of richly detailed and inventive comics. This collection will appeal to lovers of visual art, graphic novels, and poetry, and aims to bring the colorful and atmospheric landscape of Lorca's work to a new audience. Includes an introduction by Lorca scholar, editor, and translator Christopher Maurer (The Collected Poems of Lorca )."
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Biographisches: "〈DIV〉 Tobias Tak (1954-2020) was a Dutch artist, dancer, and singer. Inspired by early 20th century book illustrations and expressionist movies of the 1920s, Tak invented his own unique and elaborate worlds. Early works were published in Dutch cult magazine Tante Leny . His work has appeared in various publications. He has also published two books of collected stories: Gaboon's Daymare and Upside Down . He also was an accomplished tap dancer! Christopher Maurer : Scholar and translator of Garcia Lorca and modern Spanish literature, professor at Boston University. He is the editor of the definitive The Collected Poems of Garcia Lorca, a Bilingual Edition (FSG). Federico GarcÍa Lorca (1898-1936) is one of the most celebrated 20th century Spanish writers, known primarily for his plays and poetry collections. In 1936 Lorca, an outspoken socialist, was arrested by Franco's regime and executed. Today his work is still as vivid, fresh, and arresting as when it was created.〈/DIV〉" Rezension(2): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: August 2, 2021 Tak ( Upside Down ) transforms legendary Spanish writer Lorca’s lyric poetry into whimsical comics narratives. Echoing the rhythms of fairy tales and nursery rhymes, Tak’s sensitive line work and delicate pastel color palette create a coherent visual setting for Lorca’s alternately joyous and somber song-poems. Many of the originals are set in nature, such as “The Deceiving Mirror,” and Tak turns these pastorals into vignettes featuring a host of magical creatures, such as a melancholy tree man. The metaphorical aspects of Lorca’s love poems, such as “It’s True!” are rendered as fanciful journeys across colorful landscapes. While most of the images track closely with the hand-drawn text, in both English and Spanish, Tak occasionally inserts silent panels with sequences that bolster the narrative quality of his adaptations (such as a ship sailing into the horizon). The inclusion of Dal237"
Language:
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