Virginia Wolf
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Publisher Description
Virginia, la soeur de Vanessa, est d'humeur féroce - elle grogne, elle hurle à la lune et elle fait des choses très étranges. Elle est prise d'un cafard si intense que toute la maison semble sens dessus dessous. Vanessa fait tout ce qu'elle peut pour lui remonter le moral, mais rien n'y fait. Jusqu’à ce que Virginia parle à Vanessa d'un lieu imaginaire, un endroit merveilleux nommé Bloomsberry...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
It's not often that a writer-illustrator team conceives a second work so much more ambitious and complex than the first (in this case, 2010's Spork), and rarer still to execute it so well. In an invented episode from Virginia Woolf's depression-beset youth, young Vanessa Bell narrates the story of one of her sister's bad spells, punning on Woolf's adult surname: "She made wolf sounds and did strange things." Virginia's rages disrupt the entire household ("Up became down. Bright became dim") until Virginia expresses a wish to fly to "a perfect place.... with frosted cakes and beautiful flowers." "Where is that?" Vanessa asks. "Bloomsberry, of course," Virginia answers. As Virginia sleeps, Vanessa paints "Bloomsberry" for her sister on endless sheets of drawing paper, remaking the world for her. Arsenault conveys the transformation by moving suddenly from b&w silhouettes to a swirling, multicolored fantasy of swings, cupcakes, and gigantic flowers. Some readers may be shaken by Virginia's ferocity it's hard to soften madness but Vanessa's act of love is recounted with grace and sensitivity in this remarkable collaboration. Ages 4 8.
