In this dark, genre-defying picture-book adaptation of Snow White,
acclaimed artist Beatrice Alemagna tells the story from the point
of view of the jealous stepmother queen, to complicate the question
of goodness and set into high relief the shadow side, with its
capacity for evil, of human life.Once upon a time, a child was born
with skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood, and hair as black
as ebony: the princess Snow White. She is possessed of beauty and
innocence, but there in the shadows lurks a queen who will remarry
her widower father, a queen who is as empty and envious, as
narcissistic and fractured as is every life that gets stuck in the
endless reflecting pool or mirror of the self. Void of love, it is
hatred that animates her. But like all true fairy tales, this story
doesn't ask us to judge and condemn the queen and her hatred, but
rather to consider the kinds of behaviors and situations that
invite evil, and where true innocence or goodness might lie.
Following the first-person account of the queen, this picture book
for older readers illuminates her blinding obsession and insatiable
jealousy, right up to the point of her violent undoing.This large
format picture book is made up of a repeating pattern of text and
image: each double spread of text is followed by four striking
full-spread paintings, which are as riveting as they are
unsettling. A bold adaptation of the Grimm's original text, this
version of Snow White brilliantly puts us all in touch with the
messy, shadowed, fraught, and fragile inwardness we each possess.
This is the second book to appear under Unruly, an imprint of
picture books for older readers, and will include an author's note
and a short note to readers about how it continues to build this
experimental framework of visually complex, sophisticated picture
books for teens and adults.
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