席尼.史密斯(Sydney Smith)
以一位小男孩的回憶為主軸,
再度以沉靜,卻蘊含濃厚張力的筆觸,
捕捉難以言喻的深層情感,撼動人心。
英國凱特格林威大獎得主席尼.史密斯(Sydney Smith)以一位小男孩的回憶為主軸,出版第二本自寫自畫的繪本《你還記得嗎》(Do you Remember)。
深夜,關上燈的房間裡,一對母子躺在彼此的身旁,從一句「你還記得嗎?」把時間拉回到某個溫暖愜意的午後,愉悅的野餐時光,小男孩第一次騎上腳踏車的鮮明回憶……另一句「你還記得嗎?」讓時間跳轉到某個暴雨的夜晚,黑漆漆的屋內正在漏水,母親仰賴油燈的微光,尋找著男孩的身影……再一句「你還記得嗎?」男孩和母親揮別舊家和熟悉的身影,母親開車載著男孩和打包好的物品,穿越了整座城市……每個停格的瞬間,繪出隱晦的線索。
如今男孩與母親躺在這個房間內,彼此依靠,他們知道,這將是銜接過去與未來,回憶中另一個重要的時刻。
擅長用定格畫面捕捉角色內心狀態的席尼.史密斯,前作另有《城市裡的小訪客》(Small in the City)、《我說話像河流》(I Talk Like a River)、《我家在海邊》(Town Is by the Sea),每一本作品的畫面和張力,都深刻地烙印在讀者心底,佳評如潮,屢獲美國《紐約時報》、《柯克思書評》年度最佳繪本……等眾多獎項肯定。(文/博客來編譯)
From the Double Kate Greenaway Medal-winning creator of Small in the City and illustrator of Town Is by the Sea, Footpath Flowers, I Talk Like a River and My Baba's Garden comes a moving look at how memories are made.
Tucked up in bed at their new flat, a boy and his mum share memories. Some are idyllic, like a picnic with Dad, but others are more surprising: a fall from a bike into soft piled hay, the smell of an old oil lamp when a rainstorm blew the power out.
Now it’s just the two of them, and the house where all of those memories happened is far away. But maybe someday, this will be a favourite memory, too: happy and sad, an end and a beginning intertwined.
Do You Remember? is another unforgettable book from award-winning author and illustrator Sydney Smith.