ISBN: 006024903X
Read September 13, 2013
Picture book.
The
wind fell in love with a lady, and she died in childbirth, so in his
grief he left the infant with an old lady and never looked for her or
cared about her afterwards. Meanwhile, the half-wind child (and young
lady) didn't fit in on the earth, worked as a celebrated weaver,
dreamed about flying, didn't like any earth-based men, and tried to
construct more suitable lovers/partners for herself out of the elements,
until a prince of the wind noticed her and carried her off into the sky
with him.
Very odd. I can't decide if the distant tone of the writing
or the formal and aloof nature of the artwork is more offputting. I
would think something like this would be right up my alley, but it's
really not. I'm a bit sad about that. Something is just really off
about this work, and it just doesn't work for me.
I do like that the townsfolk are effortlessly
multicultural, and her "constructed" men are beautifully illustrated,
but the Prince is dressed laughably - his capelet is just not
well-fitted to the character.
The artwork is beautiful, if a little stiff and
cold, and the story itself has no real objectionable elements - the
heroine is self-possessed, creative, hard-working, and quick-witted, so
there's that. Just didn't resonate with me. Sadly, this one's a miss.
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