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[ 책 소개 ]
* Caldecott Medal 수상작
* 뉴욕타임즈 Best Illustrated Book
색종이를 이용한 cut-paper 기법의 독특한 콜라쥬 그림이 매우 강렬한 아름다움을 보여줍니다. 국내에서는 "진흙 거인 골렘"이라는 제목으로 번역서가 출간되었습니다.\
이 책은 1997년 칼데콧 메달 수장작이며 뉴욕타임지가 선정한 10대 베스트 일러스트레이션 북입니다. 신비주의와 연금술이 유행하던 중세 도시 프라하를 배경으로 한 전설 속 거인이야기를 담고 있습니다. 각 나라의 민화 전설을 면밀히 연구하여 작업하기로 유명한 저자는 3차원적 입체를 보여주는 종이 예술의 극치를 보여줌으로써 그림책에 새로운 영역을 연 작가로 평가되고 있습니다.
16세기 체코의 프라하에서 살던 유태인들은 큰 위험에 빠지게 되었습니다. 유태인들을 시기한 사람들이 "유태인은 기독교도의 아이들을 잡아다가 제물로 삼는다"는 거짓 유언비어를 퍼뜨려서 유태인들을 게토라고 불리우는 성으로 둘러 쌓인 고립된 지역에 몰아 넣었지요. 유태인들의 가장 큰 존경을 받는 랍비는 진흙을 이용해서 "골렘"이라고 불리우는 거인을 만들었습니다. 그리고는 골렘으로 하여금 기독교 아이들을 납치해간 범인들을 잡고, 이교도의 공격으로부터 유태인을 지키도록 임무를 줍니다. 무시무시한 골렘의 힘을 보고 두려움을 느낀 체코의 왕은 유태인들을 보호해 줄 것을 약속하게 되고, 랍비는 다시 골렘을 진흙으로 돌려보냅니다...
물리적인 힘을 써서라도 자신들을 방어하고 힘과 용기를 얻으려 했던 유대인들의 소망을 짜임새 있고 생생한 이야기 속에 담아내고 있으며, 중세도시의 초자연적인 분위기와 카발라 신앙, 역사적 사실들을 이야기 속에 자연스럽게 풀어내고 있습니다. 마지막 페이지에서는 이 동화와 관련된 여러 가지 정보를 제공합니다.
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Edition: Paperback, 32 pages
ISBN-10: 0618894241
ISBN-13: 9780618894246
책 크기 : 27.3cm x 22.3cm
[ 영문 서평 ]
Book Description
Retold from traditional sources and accompanied by David Wisniewski's unique cut-paper illustrations, Golem is a dramatic tale of supernatural forces invoked to save an oppressed people. It also offers a thought-provoking look at the consequences of unleashing power beyond human control. The afterword discusses the legend of the golem and its roots in the history of the Jews. A Caldecott Medal Book.
From the Publisher
Retold from traditional sources and accompanied by David Wisniewski's unique cut-paper illustrations, Golem is a dramatic tale of supernatural forces invoked to save an oppressed people. It also offers a thought-provoking look at the consequences of unleashing power beyond human control. The afterword discusses the legend of the golem and its roots in the history of the Jews. A Caldecott Medal Book.
Publisher's Weekly
Elaborately composed cut-paper spreads give a 3D, puppet-show-like quality to a retelling of a Jewish legend. Rabbi Loew has a prophetic vision in 1580 when the Jews of Prague are accused of mixing the blood of Christian children into matzoh: he must create a Golem, "a giant of living clay, animated by Cabala, mystical teachings of unknown power." Brought to life with apocalyptic explosions of steam and rain, the Golem seeks out the perpetrators of the Blood Lie and turns them over to the authorities. Thwarted, the enraged enemies of the Jews storm the gates of the ghetto, but the Golem grows to enormous height and violently defeats them with their own battering ram. Once his work is done, he pitifully (and futilely) begs the Rabbi: "Please let me live! I did all that you asked of me! Life is so... precious... to me!" Wisniewski (The Wave of the Sea Wolf) emphasizes the Golem's humanity and the problems with his existence; instead of reducing the legend to a tale of a magical rescuer, the author allows for its historical and emotional complexity. The fiery, crisply layered paper illustrations, portraying with equal drama and precision the ornamental architecture of Prague and the unearthly career of the Golem, match the specificity and splendor of the storytelling. An endnote about the history and influence of the legend is particularly comprehensive.
School Library Journal
Wisniewski's retelling of the golem legend varies only slightly from the traditional version recounted by Beverly McDermott in The Golem (HarperCollins, 1975; o.p.). It is the tale of a clay giant formed in the image of man to protect the Jewish people of medieval Prague from destruction by their enemies. His master, the chief rabbi of Prague in the late 16th century, was a highly regarded Cabbalist (a mystic). In this telling, the golem speaks with the simplicity of a child (In many versions he is mute), and he is destroyed when the emperor guarantees the safety of the Jewish people. (Traditionally, the golem goes berserk and must be returned to the earth.) A lengthy note explains the idea of the Golem and details Jewish persecution throughout history. Wisniewski has used layers of cut paper to give depth to his illustrations, many of which have a three-dimensional appearance. A wispy layer, which begins as the vapor of creation, becomes smoke from torches carried by an angry mob of armed silhouette people and horses. The colors are browns and grays of the earth, sunrise mauve, and the pumpkin and burnt orange of fire and sunset. Skillful use of perspective enhances the Golem's immense size. While the plot is stronger than in Mark Podwal's retelling (Greenwillow, 1995), Wisniewski's text lacks the power and child appeal of McDermott's spare, well-crafted tale. Still, collections wanting another edition of the story might consider this one.
Kirkus Reviews
The much honored cut-paper master (Sundiata, 1992, etc.) turns his attention to a retelling of the story of the Golem, created by a chief rabbi, Judah Loew, to defend the Jews against the "Blood Lie" (that Jews were mixing the blood of Christian children with the flour and water of matzoh) of 16th-century Prague. Like Rogasky's book (see review, above), Wisniewski's exposes the slander that was embraced and widely promulgated during the Holocaust years. Loew's Golem - a sort of simple yet powerful giant made of clay with the Hebrew word emet (truth) on his forehead is named Joseph and charged to "guard the ghetto at night and catch those planting false evidence of the Blood Lie . . . and bring them unharmed to the authorities." In Wisniewski's story, the Golem turns back the rampaging masses who want to destroy the Jews of Prague and is eventually returned to the clay from which he sprang. The cut-paper collages are exquisitely produced and exceedingly dramatic. There is menace and majesty in Wisniewski's use of color, and he finds atmosphere and terror in a scissor's stroke. A fact- filled final note concludes this mesmerizing book.
Midwest Book Review
Some four hundred years ago (according to legend) a revered Jewish teacher and scholar, Rabbi Loew, shaped a giant man of clay called a "golem" and brought him to life. The golem's task was to vanquish those who persecuted the Jews of Prague, and he performed it almost too well. Retold from traditional sources and accompanied by masterly cutpaper illustrations, Golem is a dramatic tale of supernatural forces invoked to save an oppressed people. Golem offers a thought-provoking look at the consequences of unleashing power beyond human control -- even with the best of intentions. Both the text and the artwork demonstrate David Wisniewski's excellent storytelling talents. |
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