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Paula Carballeira • Sonya Danowski
O principio [The Beginning]
Kalandraka, 2012 • ISBN 978848464779
The Beginning is a tribute to hope framed by the
worst possible scenario: war. Both the poetry,
which emerges from the story, of a family starting
again after a war conflict, and the hyper-realistic
illustrations included define an album dealing
with books as tools for peace, the need of an oral
narrative, and the strength of those children who,
surrounded by the cruelty of war, fight to live their
childhood the best way they can. In the Galician
language.
A obra é un canto á esperanza enmarcada no peor
escenario posible: a guerra. Tanto a poesía , que emerxe
da historia dunha familia que empeza despois dun
conflito bélico, coma as hiperrealistas ilustracións que
se inclúen definen o contido dunha obra que aborda os
libros como ferramentas pacíficas, a necesidade dunha
narrativa oral e a forza dos nenos e nenas que, rodeados
da crueldade da guerra, loitan por vivir a súa infancia
da mellor maneira que poden.
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