博客來Carson Ellis讚頌偶然與一半之美的超現實作品
半個月光，照耀半個房間……。
在一半的月光之下，朝房裡一瞥，可以看見半個女人和半個房間裡的半扇窗戶、半扇門、半個地毯，真實而充滿韻律的文字，描繪出一幅迷人的場景。米色的頁面上繪出淡粉色的一半傢俱，半束花插在半個花瓶裡，一半的地毯上窩著一半的暹羅貓，半個女人穿著藍色衣服，在半盞燈下看著半本書。
但當半扇門響起半個敲門聲後，神奇的事發生了——隨著「SHOOOOOOP」的聲音出現，兩個女人結合在一起，臉上有著雀斑和一頭紅髮的她，在月光下的黑夜裡跳起舞來。
利用水墨與不透明水彩，曾以Du Iz Tak？《嘟伊答？》獲得2017年的凱迪克大獎榮譽獎的卡森．艾莉絲（Carson Ellis），巧妙探索了一半和整體的概念。細膩的繪圖和細節讓人體驗到夢幻般的心情，也為讀者留下了想像空間。這本充滿超現實概念的繪本，讚頌了偶然與一半之美，讓讀者以全新的視角看到二分之一的美麗。
From the Caldecott Honor–winning creator of Home and Du Iz Tak? comes a gorgeous and quirky tale of an extraordinary room where everything is a half.
The half room is full of half things. A half chair, a half cat, even half shoes – all just as nice and weird and friendly as whole things. When half a knock comes on half a door, who in the world could it be? With her trademark touch of magic and whimsy, Caldecott Honor winner Carson Ellis explores halves and wholes in an ingenious and thought-provoking picture book. The lightly rhyming text is soothing yet spirited, revealing the many absurdities and possibilities to be discovered in this irresistibly fanciful home. Ink and gouache illustrations featuring wry detail and velvety textures conjure a dreamlike mood while leaving space for imagining. A celebration of the surreal and the serendipitous, and the beauty of the two together, this brilliant picture book will have readers seeing the joys of halves with whole new eyes.
