Once Upon a Time There Was and Will Be So Much More

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この絵本は何十億年も前からスタートします。
何百万年前、何十万年前、何千年前……自然の変化から人の営みへと、窓の向こうを覗くように時の変化を見つめていきます。
時が進むにつれて、ページはどんどんと小さくなって行きます。
まるで現在に向かって時が収束していくような感覚を覚えて行きます。

過去、そして現在、未来へと見つめていきます。
スイスで活動するアーティスト、ヨハンナ。シャイブルの絵本です。

Once Upon a Time There Was and Will Be So Much More
by Johanna Schaible (Author)
Illustrated by:Johanna Schaible
Series:Walker Studio
Format:Hardback 56 pages
Publisher:Walker Books Ltd
Imprint:Walker Studio
ISBN:9781529510911
Published:3 Nov 2022
Classifications:Picture storybooks
Weight:302g
Dimensions:202 x 266 x 15 (mm)
Pub. Country:United Kingdom

Description
Take a journey from the distant past into a future to be imagined with this gorgeous debut picture book whose gradated pages reflect the passage of time. Hundreds of millions of years ago, land took shape. Millions of years ago, dinosaurs lived on Earth.

Thousands of years ago, people built towering pyramids. Ten years ago, the landscape looked different. A month ago, it was still summer.

A minute ago, the light was turned off. Now! Make a wish! What will you be doing in a week? How will you celebrate your birthday next year? What will you discover when you are older? What will hold you in awe forever? Moving inexorably from an age primeval into a future filled with questions, Johanna Schaible brings her beautiful collage artwork to an exploration of time that melds a conceptual vision with a physical one. With each page turn, the pages gradually become smaller – showing more and more borders from the past – until they reach the present moment, then grow larger again as time expands into a future full of possibilities.