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Zusatztext “Bathsheba’s story has heft! even though Ness’s book is significantly shorter than Melville’s... Rovina Cai’s illustrations are detailed and dream-like! her gray-scale with splashes of color depictions of the fathomless world an additional source of intensity in this already fierce tale.” Informationen zum Autor Patrick Ness is the author of ten novels, including his New York T imes bestselling The Rest of Us Just Live He re, the Chaos Walking trilogy, More Than This , A Monster Calls , which was made into a major motion picture with a screenplay adaptation by Patrick himself, Release , and And The Ocean Was Our Sky . Born in Virginia, Patrick lives in London. www.patrickness.com Rovina Cai draws from a studio in a nineteenth-century convent. Her work has been recognized by the Society of Illustrators and Spectrum Fantastic Art and the Children’s Book Council of Australia. She has illustrated And The Ocean Was Our Sky , by Patrick Ness, and the picture book Tintinnabula . She lives in Melbourne, Australia. www.rovinacai.com Klappentext From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Monster Calls comes a richly illustrated and lyrical tale, one that asks harrowing questions about power, loyalty, obsession, and the monsters we make of others. With harpoons strapped to their backs, the proud whales of Bathsheba's pod live for the hunt, fighting in the ongoing war against the world of men. When they attack a ship bobbing on the surface of the Abyss, they expect to find easy prey. Instead, they find the trail of a myth, a monster, perhaps the devil himself... As their relentless Captain leads the chase, they embark on a final, vengeful hunt, one that will forever change the worlds of both whales and men. With the lush, atmospheric art of Rovina Cai woven in throughout, this remarkable work by Patrick Ness turns the familiar tale of Moby Dick upside down and tells a story all its own with epic triumph and devastating fate. Zusammenfassung From the #1 New York Ti mes bestselling author of A Monster Calls comes a richly illustrated and lyrical tale! one that asks harrowing questions about power! loyalty! obsession! and the monsters we make of others. With harpoons strapped to their backs! the proud whales of Bathsheba's pod live for the hunt! fighting in the ongoing war against the world of men. When they attack a ship bobbing on the surface of the Abyss! they expect to find easy prey. Instead! they find the trail of a myth! a monster! perhaps the devil himself... As their relentless Captain leads the chase! they embark on a final! vengeful hunt! one that will forever change the worlds of both whales and men. With the lush! atmospheric art of Rovina Cai woven in throughout! this remarkable work by Patrick Ness turns the familiar tale of Moby Dick upside down and tells a story all its own with epic triumph and devastating fate. ...
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"In his latest, the critically acclaimed and wildly divergent Ness, never one for convention, takes the story of Moby-Dick, pares it down to its basic parts, and quite literally inverts it... Ness' writing-spare, thought provoking, and already dramatic-is utterly enhanced by Cai's breathtaking artwork." - Booklist (starred review)
"Bathsheba's story has heft, even though Ness's book is significantly shorter than Melville's. The questions she raises as she slowly sheds her ignorance are deep, the trauma faced by both man and whale brutal and wholly unnecessary. Rovina Cai's illustrations are detailed and dream-like, her gray-scale with splashes of color depictions of the fathomless world an additional source of intensity in this already fierce tale. Readers are likely to leave And the Ocean Was Our Sky asking the same kinds of heavy questions as Bathsheba, primary among them, 'who needs devils when you have men?'" - Shelf Awareness (starred review)
"Bathsheba's story has heft, even though Ness's book is significantly shorter than Melville's... Rovina Cai's illustrations are detailed and dream-like, her gray-scale with splashes of color depictions of the fathomless world an additional source of intensity in this already fierce tale." - Shelf Awareness (starred review)
"Wrenching, dark, and powerful." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Ness channels Melville's original language well and uses the structure of Moby-Dick as a framework for this fast-paced and streamlined retelling filled with philosophical meditations and cautions against the violence of war and the power of prophecy-especially self-fulfilling ones. Cai's accompanying illustrations interspersed throughout bring the depths of the ocean to life with jarring, full-color artwork that calls back to the haunting setting and anguished tone of the narrative. An excellent, stirring counterpoint to the original text, rife with questions about the inexorable nature of belief and violence." - School Library Journal (starred review)
"An excellent, stirring counterpoint to the original text, rife with questions about the inexorable nature of belief and violence." - School Library Journal (starred review)
"In expansive illustrations by Cai (Tintinnula), rendered in inky washes and linework that mimics the ocean's currents, the whales fly through the water, rendered above, not below, the air-filled "abyss" that humans inhabit. The whale epic, particularly Bathsheba's discussions with the human hostage, mounts an exploration of inherited prejudices, violence justified, and the far-reaching consequences of war." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"The whale epic, particularly Bathsheba's discussions with the human hostage, mounts an exploration of inherited prejudices, violence justified, and the far-reaching consequences of war." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Fans moved by the author's A Monster Calls will be especially gratified to see Ness revisit this type of mythic, philosophical storytelling artfully complemented by powerful illustrations." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)
