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[ 책 소개 ]
Caldecott 수상작가인 Arthur Yorinks와 수많은 베스트셀러 그림책의 저자인 Doug Cushman이 힘을 합쳐 만든 흥미진진한 내용의 그림책입니다.
싸이는 과일을 판매하는 친절한 사람이었습니다. 그리고 과일이 여러 질병을 치료하는 효능을 지니고 있다는 것을 잘 알고 있었지요. 두통에는 귤, 족막염에는 바나나, 그외에도 요통, 건막류, 고열, 발작 등 증상을 완화시킬 수 있는 과일들을 추천해 줘서 싸이의 가게는 날로 번창해졌습니다.
그런데 어느날 아침, 싸이는 샤워를 하고 나와서 거울을 봤는데 처음에는 얼굴이 좀 창백한 것 같더니 곧 보이지 않게 되었습니다. 졸지에 투명인간이 된 싸이는 여러 의사들을 찾아가서 진찰을 받았지만, 아무도 원인이나 치료법을 찾지 못했습니다. 결국 온 몸에 붕대를 감고 과일을 팔았습니다만, 흉칙한 모습을 고객들이 기피하게 되고, 싸이는 점점 외톨이가 되었습니다.
고립되고, 외롭고, 생활고에 지친 싸이는 이제 자신의 몸이 투명하다는 점을 악용해서 음식을 훔치거나 극장에 들어가서 공짜로 영화를 즐기기도 하고, 심지어 몰래 비행기를 타고 외국 여행도 다녔습니다. 하지만 투명인간의 존재는 곧 세상에 알려지게 되고, 이제 전 세계가 투명인간을 잡기 위해 혈안이 되었습니다. 그리고 이 세상에 범인이 잡히지 않은 모든 범죄는 투명인간이 저질렀다는 억울한 누명도 뒤집어 쓰게 되었지요.
마침내 어느날 밤에 절박하고 굶주린 싸이는 하얀 설탕가루로 뒤덮힌 도너츠를 훔쳐먹다가 가루가 날리는 바람에 정체가 드러나서 경찰에 잡히게 되고, 오랜 세월동안 감옥에 갇히게 됩니다. 감옥에서 형기를 마치고 풀려나온 싸이는 우연히 본래 자기의 모습을 되찾게 되는 일이 벌어지는데..
[ 서지 정보 ]
Edition: Hardcover: 32 pages
ISBN-10: 0061561487
ISBN-13: 9780061561481
책 크기: 28.5 cm x 22.4 cm
[ 영문 서평 ]
Book Description
Sy sold fruit. Peaches, plums, pears. And he knew how to cater to his customers: Any ailment they had, Sy could cure it with a piece of fruit.
So what kind of world is it when one day, out of nowhere, Sy becomes invisible? Doctors are baffled; even prunes don't help. Although at first it's fun--sneaking into theaters and onto planes--Sy is soon forced into a life on the run, blamed for everything and anything. It doesn't last long. It couldn't last long.
Sy's adventure, full of surprising twists and turns, is a hilarious riff on a favorite story.
Booklist *Starred Review*
Sy’s his name, and fruit’s his game. His customers are appreciative that he knows nectarines will cure a headache and bananas will banish bunions. Then something odd happens. Sy looks in the mirror and seems pale. Well, make that very pale. Uh, invisible. Life, which was good, now turns bad. No one wants to buy his fruit, so Sy travels the world, and though he is most certainly incognito, hints of his existence surface. Soon everyone is talking about him, and then they blame him for “every accident, every tragedy.” Can discovery, a trial, and jail time be far behind? No. Eventually, Sy is freed and gets the job he is eminently suited for--magician’s assistant. When a trick gone wrong leads to a flurry of tossed fruit, the healing power of pulp and juice is proven. Those long familiar with Yorinks’ work will recognize Sy as a cousin of Irv Irving, who loses his head in It Happened in Pinsk (1983), but this reiteration of a man on the brink has its own hysterical moments. Yorinks employs a narrative tone that’s a cross between an old Jewish comedian and The Twilight Zone’s Rod Serling, which adds to the deadpan humor, while Cushman’s splendid watercolor art becomes ever more clever the closer you look. A fine bit of funnery for kids and the parents who read to them.
School Library Journal
Sy Kravitz is a fruit seller in Brooklyn who becomes invisible. He wraps himself in bandages, but customers grow suspicious: "If there's nothing wrong with his fruit, why is he so ashamed to show his face?" Shunned by the community, he becomes angry and vows to "show them." His misdeeds include sneaking into movie theaters and riding the train for free. He becomes the scapegoat for "every tragedy in life," is wrongfully convicted, and is thrown into jail. After serving his time he works as a magician's assistant. Heckling dieters throw fruit and he suddenly regains his appearance. Cushman's watercolor cartoons show clever disguises to mask Sy's invisibility: scuba diver, brain surgeon, pizza chef. This H. G. Wells take-off includes humorous quips, such as, "Time, and fruit, heals all wounds," but has limited child appeal. |
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