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heypretty52's review
4.0
transportation, movement on the wings of literature's magic. excellent in its entirety.
mat_tobin's review
3.0
When your father is a poet who surrounds himself with words and books and you are ignored throughout your young life, you may turn to creating, like your father, your own world of words and books. As Benjamin takes stacks of books from within the home and brings them to life outside by using them as walls and floors for his own castle.
I have conflicted feelings about this book. Clavel and Nascimbene, both French, had created here a fable on fantasy and poetry but together the telling does not quite match up. Although Benjamin’s actions bring them together at the end, the message between the images and the words don’t quite support each other. A pity that there is no recognition of the translator.
I have conflicted feelings about this book. Clavel and Nascimbene, both French, had created here a fable on fantasy and poetry but together the telling does not quite match up. Although Benjamin’s actions bring them together at the end, the message between the images and the words don’t quite support each other. A pity that there is no recognition of the translator.
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