Life and I: A Story about Death

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私は死です。
生命が生命であるように。
私は死。

柔らかい毛皮の小さな動物や牙のある大きな動物を訪ねます。
鳥たちが起きる前か太陽が沈んだ後にたどり着くかもしれません。
海のもやの中に漂っていたり、帯のように細く差し込んだ月明かりの中に現れるかもしれません。

「もし私が消えてしまったら、まだ生まれていない人たちに道を譲るのは誰なのでしょうか？」

死は、その瞬間に立ち会った時は、悲しいものかもしれません。けれども、これから生まれる子たちに新しい道を譲るという捉えかたは新鮮です。

死は生命とつながっていることを教えてくれる絵本です。

Life and I: A Story about Death
Contributor(s): Helland Larsen, Elisabeth (Author) , Schneider, Marine (Illustrator)
EAN: 9783899557718
Publisher: Little Gestalten
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: April 26, 2016
Target Age Group: 05 to 08
Physical Info: 1.02 cms H x 27.69 cms L x 22.35 cms W (0.45 kgs) 48 pages

Publisher Marketing:
This sensitively-told story for readers of all ages illustrates the inseparability of life and death. Rosy-cheeked and wrapped in blue, with a flower in her hair, Death rides a pink bike. Death, a greeneyed little girl in this pastel world, visits small animals with soft fur and big animals with sharp teeth. She lingers with a kindly grandmother as they knit one last scarf together. She wanders through surroundings of gentle beauty and she tells us who she is. For parents of children facing the loss of a family member, a friend, or a pet, this book finds words to express what is often so difficult to explain. It ends with such a feeling of uplift and acceptance that readers of any age will turn the last page with a smile and a tear. Author Elisabeth Helland Larsen and Illustrated by Marine Schneider weave a tapestry out of direct, poetic words and handdrawn pictures to give voice to emotions that are moving, real, and most of all, honest.