Can desire really transform reality?
From award-winning novelist Jonathan Coe and distinguished Italian artist Chiara Coccorese comes The Broken Mirror, a political parable for children, a contemporary fairy tale for adults, and a fable for all ages.
One day Claire, to escape her quarrelsome parents, takes refuge in the dump behind her house. There she finds a broken mirror, a nasty piece of sharp glass… yet she is strangely drawn to it. She soon discovers it has the power to transform even the most drab reality into a fairy-tale world: the grey sky is reflected blue, and Claire’s modest, suburban house is transformed into the most beautiful castle.
As Claire grows older, always accompanied by her magic mirror, she can see her face without her teenage acne, and her town before it fell victim to thieving property developers. But, in reality, libraries are being turned into luxury flats wherever she looks, and the boy Claire loves is instead her worst enemy.
Frustrated and angry with the mirror’s illusions, Claire is about to destroy it when the mysterious Peter steps in: he has also found a shard of broken mirror, and so begins their journey to piece together the larger puzzle…
Previously published in Italian, French, Greek and Dutch, The Broken Mirror comes to life in English for the first time, to be read with equal pleasure by children and adults.
عن المؤلف
Chiara Coccorese, born in Naples, Italy, in 1982, is an artist and photographer who
explores the issues of existence, time and spirituality. Her works have been exhibited in
numerous museums and art shows in Italy and abroad, among them: National
Archaeological Museum; Museo della Permanente; Palazzo Ducale; Museo MADRE;
Pristine Gallery; Galleria Dino Morra; Foto Grafia Festival; Galleria Paolo Erbetta; Art Raw
gallery in New York; and many more.
المزيد من الكتب الإلكترونية من نفس المؤلف (المؤلفين) / محرر
751٬632 كتب إلكترونية في هذه الفئة
