2017, ISBN: 1786694506

[EAN: 9781786694508], Neubuch, [PU: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London], Hardcover. Twenty-five stories, twenty-five paintings, five years to write, ten years to paint.This is an extraordi… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781786694508], Neubuch, [PU: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London], Hardcover. Twenty-five stories, twenty-five paintings, five years to write, ten years to paint.This is an extraordinary collaboration between artist and artist: the Booker Prize-winning writer Ben Okri and the painter Rosemary Clunie. Together they have created a world, and peopled it with dreams.Twenty-five fairy tales for adults, these narratives are a response to our times, informed by our world but not limited by it, imaginative, enchanting, haunting both prescient and prophetic. Twenty-five original paintings, beautiful, playful, intimate, dreamlike, these works pull you in to a land of colour and vision.Who can say which came first, the word or image, when both grew together out of a long friendship and a creative symbiosis. What if Calvino and Magritte had combined inspiration? What if we could see our world again with a child's eyes? What if there really is a magic lamp? A new collection of meditations and stories from the Booker Prize-winning author, Ben Okri. Illustrated by Rosemary Clunie. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability., Books<

2017, ISBN: 1786694506

[EAN: 9781786694508], Neubuch, [PU: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London], Hardcover. Twenty-five stories, twenty-five paintings, five years to write, ten years to paint.This is an extraordi… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781786694508], Neubuch, [PU: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London], Hardcover. Twenty-five stories, twenty-five paintings, five years to write, ten years to paint.This is an extraordinary collaboration between artist and artist: the Booker Prize-winning writer Ben Okri and the painter Rosemary Clunie. Together they have created a world, and peopled it with dreams.Twenty-five fairy tales for adults, these narratives are a response to our times, informed by our world but not limited by it, imaginative, enchanting, haunting both prescient and prophetic. Twenty-five original paintings, beautiful, playful, intimate, dreamlike, these works pull you in to a land of colour and vision.Who can say which came first, the word or image, when both grew together out of a long friendship and a creative symbiosis. What if Calvino and Magritte had combined inspiration? What if we could see our world again with a child's eyes? What if there really is a magic lamp? A new collection of meditations and stories from the Booker Prize-winning author, Ben Okri. Illustrated by Rosemary Clunie. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability., Books<