Name: Happy Together: Bridging the Australia-China Divide
SKU: 57130101
Price: 33.22 EUR
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Author: David Walker (Ilustrador)
ISBN: 9780522878547

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Happy Together: Bridging the Australia-China Divide

Type

Physical Book

Author

David Walker (Ilustrador)

Li Yao

Publisher

Melbourne University

Language

English

Pages

280

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780522878547

Synopsis "Happy Together: Bridging the Australia-China Divide"

In the late nineteenth century, as crippling famine devastated northern China, the Li family had no choice but to leave Shanxi province. Heading north, they began a new life, farming the remote grasslands of Inner Mongolia. They prospered as landowners and teachers, but could not escape the ravages of warlords, soldiers, and revolutionaries. Born into this pioneering family, Li Yao grew up in Mao's China. He dreamt of becoming a writer, but his dreams were torn apart by the Cultural Revolution. When the storm finally subsided, the young man turned to translation. In Australian writing, he found colourful tales set in new landscapes, a literature quite unfamiliar to him. Li Yao's story is interwoven with that of his friend, Australian historian David Walker. David's family had also settled in an unfamiliar and difficult land, a world away in distant South Australia. The two men became friends as Li Yao translated one of David's books into Chinese, and their personal histories provide a fascinating, illuminating window into life in China, an experience inevitably shaped by China's relations with the wider world.

David Walker (Ilustrador)

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David Walker es un autor-ilustrador de literatura infantil, radicado en Carolina del Norte, conocido por libros que combinan arte, ternura y reflexión. Ha ilustrado títulos como If Animals Kissed Good Night, How Do Bunnies Take Baths? y Peep and Ducky Sleepover, entre otros. Sus ilustraciones se caracterizan por trazos suaves, colores cálidos, ambientes íntimos que favorecen la conexión emocional con los niños y una estética acogedora, cercana.

En 2022 publicó su debut como escritor-ilustrador, Here With Me, un libro de poemas visuales sobre el amor familiar y la aceptación, dirigido a niños pequeños. Su obra ha sido muy bien recibida por la crítica especializada en literatura infantil por su sensibilidad y por la calidad artística de su componente ilustrativo. Ejemplo de su obra: Here With Me.

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