The Blue Stone: A Journey Through Life
by: Jimmy Liao; Sarah Thompson (Translator)
Published by: Little, Brown and Company
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Reviewed by Mayra Calvani
This unusual story begins with a beautiful blue rock lying peacefully in the heart of the forest. The people who find it want it, long for it, and thus split it into two. One piece is taken by the people, the other stays as it is.
The story follows the journey of the piece that is taken. At each stage of its trajectory, the piece of rock is turned into something different: an elephant statue, a stone bird, a sea sculpture, a golden moon, a sweet-faced stone cat, and so on. And each time, because the piece wants to go home and return to its place of origin, “its heart breaks a little,” until all that is left of the stone is dust in the wind…dust that drifts across the oceans until it finally reaches its other half in the heart of the forest.
The Blue Stone is a beautiful storybook about hope and rebirth. The illustrations are evocative and mysterious, perfectly matching the eerie resonance of the prose. This is also a story about time and the effect it has on things.
Armchair Interviews says: This unusual book will make a lovely gift for any child.
Author website: http://www.JimmySpa.com/en
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