The Night Watchman - Couverture rigide

Gestalten

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ISBN 10 : 3899557492 ISBN 13 : 9783899557497

Editeur : gestalten, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Striking illustrations and a suspenseful story: The Night Watchman is an attention-grabber that captures the imagination.

For their own safety, the people who live in this fortified city are not allowed to leave their homes after dusk. After curfew, a strange character with a lamp the Night Watchman patrols the winding streets and alleyways, assisted by birds on the rooftops, dogs in the lanes, and rats underground. As both guardian and policeman, the Night Watchman will relentlessly hunt down any intruder who threatens the peace and security of his city. Nothing and no one has disturbed his nightly routine until now ...

A beautifully written story full of suspense, The Night Watchman tells a fascinating tale of surveillance, betrayal, friendship, and love. Jérémie Fischer s remarkable images elevate the book to an artful illustrated novel, and Jean-Baptiste Labrune s words render it a modern classic with a narrative relatable on many levels.

Jérémie Fischer is a young French illustrator who graduated from Strasbourg s Haute École des Arts du Rhin in 2011. His work is inspired by the Russian Constructivists, artists such as Henri Matisse and Paul Klee, as well as the designers Enzo Mari and Bruno Munari. Fischer has already designed several children s books using a similar silk-screen and cut-out style. The Night Watchman is his second collaboration with Jean-Baptiste Labrune. Having graduated from the Sorbonne in Paris, Labrune now works as an elementary school teacher and author. He has been friends with Jérémie Fischer since the seventh grade. The first children s book on which they collaborated, L éléphouris, was released in 2012.

Revue de presse

"The action is as stylized as Fischer's art-deco screen-print illustrations . . . both the tone and the distinctive art play up (the story’s) melodrama." 
—Kirkus
"This striking and clever mix between a graphic novel, chapter book and picture book is a great transitional read for children who are starting to widen their reading material."

—PictureBooksBlogger.wordpress.com
"Blurring the lines between picture book, fiction, and comics, this distinctive illustrated novel by a European team defies easy categorization; part noir detective story and part fable, Labrune’s narrative flexes and shimmers with bold magical realism."
—Publisher’s Weekly

"Yet those who give themselves over to it may find themselves entranced."
—Publisher’s Weekly
"Its lyrical text and borderline-abstract art...beg to be examined more closely. It is a gorgeously-illustrated novel." —GatheringBooks.org

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: gestalten
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3899557492
• ISBN 13: 9783899557497
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible