bir daha kırılmasın diye kalbini cam bir şişede saklayan küçük bir kızın büyüme hikayesi.

oliver jeffersın resimli, güzel bir kitabı. güzel bir incelemesine buradan ulaşılabilir

incelemeden ve incelemedeki alıntılardan birkaç kısım da ekleyeyim.

"with exquisite subtlety and economy of words, jeffers — whose mastery of the interplay between darkness and light extends as much to the paintbrush as it does to the psyche — silently uncorks the outpour of hollowing emotions engendered by loss.

but if grief is so disorienting and crushing an emotion for adults, how are unprepared little hearts expected to handle its weight? the little girl cannot, and so she doesn’t."

"feeling unsure, the girl thought the best thing was to put her heart in a safe place.

just for the time being.

so she put it in a bottle and hung it around her neck.

and that seemed to fix things … at first."

"although, in truth, nothing was the same.

she forgot about the stars… and stopped taking notice of the sea.

she was no longer filled with all the curiosities of the world and didn’t take much notice of anything…"

özellikle kitaptaki resimler beni çok etkiledi. resimler neden böyle etkiler? çok merak ettiğim bir soru ama tabi başlıkla alakası yok pek.

(encam of rind - 25 Nisan 2016 00:29)

kendine, dunyaya, yasama meraki olan bir kiz cocugunun, kirilmamak ve uzulmemek pahasina en ozel seyini -merakinin ve sevgisinin kaynagi olan kalbini- kaldirip bir siseye koymasini anlatan, buyumeye dair en guzel kitaplardan. mutluluk gibi, hayalkirikligi-uzuntu gibi duygulari da kucaklamamiz gerektigini, onlari inkar etmenin ise yaramadigini anlatir. ki bu oldukca eski bir kuraldir. ancak kitabin bu kadar ozel ve harika olmasinin en buyuk etkisi de oliver jeffers'in naif illustrasyonlari..

"once there was a girl, much like any other, whose head was filled with all the curiosities of the world. with thoughts of the stars. with wonder at the sea. she took delight in finding new things… until the day she found an empty chair."

(eloise vera - 28 Mayıs 2016 16:08)