Leonce and Lena

Lisbeth Zwerger is an international treasure. It was a pleasure to take this walk through a sweet story with her!

already have it so it going to a friend whom loves her as well.

Beautifully done!

Book was price very well.

the adaptation from the play is a little meh, but I bought it for the illustrations because this illustrator is my fave.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PICTUREBOOK ILLUSTRATED BY LISBETH ZWERGER. I HAD SEARCHED FOR IT FOR SOME TIME. BUT IT NEVER ARRIVED AND I REQUEST A REFUND

Lisbeth Zwerger is the best, and most celebrated illustrator of her generation, particularly in the realm of fairy tales. A talent as immense as hers cannot be limited to one genre however, and in Leonce and Lena, Zwerger brings her enchanted paintbox to the pages of a 19th century German play by Georg Büchner. Ostensibly, Leonce and Lena is a comic tale of mistaken identities, but there is another, more compelling (and contemporary) thread running through the story – a crisis of personal identity. Two young royals are preordained to marry, and yet neither is interested in marrying a stranger. In protest, they flee not only their upcoming nuptials, but a whole lot of broody inner turmoil. Dissatisfaction with the self…in an Oprah-less era. Interesting! It’s an odd, rather flowery play, but Zwerger is on it, finding bits of otherwise innocuous dialogue and using it as inspiration for the most unusual and beautiful illustrations. For example, as the servants crowd around a window, one of them remarks, “I can see something! It’s a sort of projection, a bit like a nose – the rest of it hasn’t crossed the border yet.” The illustration is a literal interpretation of the words – a giant nose, just over the horizon. Zwerger has been increasingly experimental with her watercolours, flawlessly blending blocks of gorgeously designed pattern within her typically delicate compositions. Beautifully realized in The Tales of the Brothers Grimm, this unique style of illustration continues with Leonce and Lena, to even greater effect. The characters in Leonce and Lena may not know who they are, but Lisbeth Zwerger keeps showing us her brilliant, wondrous self.

Testo come da aspettative. Qualunque libro di fiabe che sia illustrato dalla Zwerger è una garanzia.