- Hardcover: 66 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Juv); Reissue edition (November 1988)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0887080693
- ISBN-13: 978-0887080692
- Product Dimensions: 33.3 x 21.8 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 658 g
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From Publishers Weekly
A well-loved holiday story, Dickens's slim tale has been opened up on the oversize pages of this new version, similar in format to Zwerger's treatment of The Gift of the Magi. Expanses of white space around and between lines of text give the volume a clean-looking design, which sets off the artist's charm-filled, airy watercolors. And that design is of key importance to the unabridged text, for the book appears accessible to readers just out of the picture book age. This is a fine collector's edition as well; Zwerger has chosen not to represent the three spirits of Christmas, but merely hints at their presence in her pictures. That grounds the story of Scrooge's night firmly in the realm of the almost-real and the possible, and renders his transformation a fully believable phenomenon. Ages 10-up.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Lizbeth Zwerger's mastry of illustration animates story, Aug 24 1998
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This review is from: A Christmas Carol (Hardcover)
If you are unfamiliar with Lizbeth Zwerger's work, at first glance you might not see her mastry of her craft. Deceivingly spare and not as eye catching as many of her contemperaries. Upon closer inspection the amazing gift this artist posses begins to reveal itself; the "quickening" effect that Maurice Sendak has written about, the careful balancing of elements- like a zen garden, the wry, wicked sense of humor, the elemental telling of the story- and that touch here and there- perfect. Mr. Dicken would be very pleased to find that finally someone who is hands down a true master in her own field has helped to bring one of his wonderful works to life.
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