Rob Gonsalves充满奇思异想的“不可能图形”我早已熟悉,但当我看到他和Sarah L. Thomson合作的《Imagine a Day》时,惊叹自己对Rob Gonsalves作品的理解竟如此肤浅。Sarah L. Thomson的文字和他的画是绝配,为读者开启更广阔的思维空间。Sarah L. Thomson用文字建筑起人们心底通往Rob Gonsalves作品的幻想通道。Rob Gonsalves因此书获得2005加拿大总督文学奖的儿童文学奖。
Imagine a day when your swing swings you higher than the highest treetops. Imagine a day when you can ride your bike up a path of falling leaves into the very tree they are falling from. Imagine a day when you release a handful of blue balloons into a cloudy, gray sky to create a postcard-perfect day. Imagine a day when the ordinary becomes the extraordinary...a day when anything is possible.
《Imagine a Day(幻想有一天)》在一连串的想象中拉开帷幕,告诉你每天什么事都可能发生。
imagine a day... when you can dive down through branches or swim up to the sun.
幻想有一天……你可以潜入水中,顺着树枝游向太阳。
Imagine a day... a book swings open on silent hingers, and a place you've never seen before welcomes you home.
幻想有一天……一本陈列在安静书架上书轻轻翻开,一个你从未见过的世界在迎你回家。
Imagine a day... when you don't need wings to soar.
幻想有一天……你不需要翅膀就能飞翔于九霄
Imagine a day... when your house enfolds you like a nest, rocking gently in the autumn wind.
幻想有一天…… 你的房子象鸟窝那样包裹着你,在秋风中轻摇。
imagine a day... when the peace of a forest and the strength of a mountain become a cathedral for your heart.
幻想有一天……寂静的丛林和雄浑的山脉幻化为你心灵的圣殿
幻想永远说不完,白日梦让人忙碌,夜晚自然不会闲着。在《幻想有一天》完成后,Rob Gonsalves和Sarah L. Thomson的梦想精灵在夜色中无声地滑行……
Imagine a night when you can ride your bike right up the stairs to your bed.
梦想某个夜晚,你能骑着自行车沿着台阶直抵你的床前。
Imagine a night... when a farmer plays a lullaby on his fiddle, and his field of sunflowers begins to dip and sway to the rhythm.
梦想某个夜晚,当农夫在他的田间拉起摇篮曲,田间的向日葵陶醉地随乐曲的节奏轻舞。
imagine a night... when you can't sleep, and so you jump high enough to soar over a quilt of fields and forests
梦想某个夜晚,你无法入睡,跳到空中,穿过象棉袄般的旷野和森林
imagine a night... when snow white sheets grow crisp and cold, and someone whispers, "Follow me."
梦想某个夜晚,白雪覆盖大地,天气越来越冷,有人在低语:“跟我来。”
常听人以轻视的语气提及“读图”时代,因为他们不知道有时一本好书,字不在多,有图更灵。梦想有一天,我能及时看到国外优秀绘本的中文版。等到了那天,我绝不买没图只剩下字的书。
欣赏一下Rob Gonsalves别的作品吧。
注:
1. 文章中诗句后的中文是我翻译的,水平比较差。我随便翻翻,请大家随便看看。
2. 《Imagine a Day》的插画作者Rob Gonsalves不仅能从书的销售中得到提成,不少网站还在代理销售书中插画的复制品。这样的经营模式在国内图书销售中不多见。
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