Maurice Sendak — 作者 (11)
Where the Wild Things Are [图书] 豆瓣
9.4 (14 个评分) 作者: Maurice Sendak 出版社: HarperCollins 1988 - 11
One night Max puts on his wolf suit and makes mischief of one kind and another, so his mother calls him 'Wild Thing' and sends him to bed without his supper. That night a forest begins to grow in Max's room and an ocean rushes by with a boat to take Max to the place where the wild things are. Max tames the wild things and crowns himself as their king, and then the wild rumpus begins. But when Max has sent the monsters to bed, and everything is quiet, he starts to feel lonely and realises it is time to sail home to the place where someone loves him best of all. When Maurice Sendak won the American Library Association's Caldecott Medal for WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, he said: 'Max, the hero of my book, discharges his anger against his mother, and returns to the real world sleepy, hungry and at peace with himself...from their earliest years children live on familiar terms with disrupting emotions, fear and anxiety are an intrinsic part of their everyday lives, they continually cope with frustration as best they can. And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming Wild Things.'
In the Night Kitchen [图书] 豆瓣
作者: Maurice Sendak 出版社: HarperCollins Children's Books 1996 - 1
A young boy named Mickey sleeps in his bed when he is disturbed by noise on a lower floor. Suddenly, he begins to float, and loses all of his clothes as he drifts into a surreal world called the "Night Kitchen".
He falls naked into a giant mixing pot that contains the batter for the "morning cake". While Mickey is buried in the mass, three identical bakers (who closely resemble Oliver Hardy) mix the batter and prepare it for baking, unaware (or unconcerned) that there is a little boy inside. Just before the baking pan is placed into the oven, the boy emerges from the pan, protesting that he is not the batter's milk.
To make up for the baking ingredient deficiency, Mickey (now covered in batter from the neck down) constructs an airplane out of bread dough so he can use the measuring cup as a hat and fly to the mouth of a gigantic milk bottle. Upon reaching the bottle's opening, he dives in and briefly revels in the liquid. After his covering of batter disintegrates, making him naked again, he pours the needed milk in a cascade down to the bakers who joyfully finish making their morning cake.
With dawn breaking, the naked Mickey crows like a rooster and slides down the side of the bottle, back into his bed, where he is magically clothed again, "cake free and dried".
Dear Mili [图书] 豆瓣
作者: Wilhelm Grimm / Maurice Sendak 出版社: Harpercollins Childrens Books
一個母親為了讓小女兒躲避一場可怕的戰爭,要小女兒躲進森林裡。小女孩在森林中遇見一位老人,在老人的保護照顧下,安然度過三天。
但事實上,森林中的「三天」卻是人間的三十年。三十年過去,當小女孩要回到母親身邊時,老人送給她一朵玫瑰花蕾,對她說:「不要怕,當玫瑰盛開的時候,我們就會再相聚。」
深度賞析:
「失而復得」的童話,埋藏150年.格林童話「新發現」 。
1983年9月28日,「紐約時報」頭版刊登了一則震驚文壇的大新聞:「經過漫長的一百五十年,繼『韓森和葛雷特』、『白雪公主』、『踩高蹻的小鬼』、『灰姑娘』等著名經典童話之後,格林童話中的另一傑作──「親愛的小莉」(Dear Mili)終於和世人見面了!」
1816年,格林兄弟中的弟弟威廉.格林(Wilhelm Grimm)在寫給一個小女孩小莉的信中,講了「親愛的小莉」這個動人的故事。多年來,這封信一直被視作私人信件,被小莉的家族保存著,所以「親愛的小莉」在塵封一個半世紀之久,才非常戲劇性的被發現。
故事是說,一個母親為了讓小女兒躲避一場可怕的戰爭,要小女兒躲進森林裡。小女孩在森林中遇見一位老人,在老人的保護照顧下,安然度過三天。
但事實上,森林中的「三天」卻是人間的三十年。三十年過去,當小女孩要回到母親身邊時,老人送給她一朵玫瑰花蕾,對她說:「不要怕,當玫瑰盛開的時候,我們就會再相聚。」
「親愛的小莉」在1983年「出土」後,又經過了五年,非常難得的由廣受大朋友和小朋友喜愛的插畫家莫里斯.桑達克(Maurice Sendak),把這個動人的故事創作成無懈可擊的繪本,再度技驚全球;為這一百五十年後「失而復得」的格林童話,留下完美的版本。
桑達克同樣採舞台劇的構圖,類似《在那遙遠的地方》的場景,這回可是真的「格林童話」,莫札特的氣氛也不能少。但這次桑達克以帶柔軟筆觸的線條為主,顏色也走淡雅的風格。印刷用質地有紋,吃色力較強,不會反光的紙。效果更沈靜優雅,翻開書頁就不自覺的呼吸放慢,心身寧靜的流入時間長河。
莫里斯.桑達克創作的《野獸國》、《在那遙遠的地方》、《親愛的小莉》,都是用「舞台式的運鏡」,等於把書當作一個舞台,角色一一上台,入境表演,戲劇的張力也十足。
發生戰爭,桑達克用濃煙火光來表現,加上人物驚慌的動作來呼應。舞台的另一端,站著一隻忠心的黃金獵犬來平衡畫面,同時引導視覺。視覺的「呼應」既是微妙的,又是明顯的;既是視覺上的,又是概念上的。這裡的概念是舞台劇的模式,所以表現方法包括布景、動作、特效、光線……都是舞台式的。有趣的是躲在桌下像在看書的小狗,這隻狗是一個伏筆,後面會發揮功能。
媽媽給了小女孩三天份的食物,要她躲進森林,三天以後再回來。小女孩走進森林,走著走著,實在走不動,她坐下來,對自己說:「啊,親愛的上帝,幫幫你的孩子往前走吧!」果然,小女孩的守護天使出來照顧她,她感覺舒服多了。但她看不見她的守護天使。兩張圖前後對照,前一張到處荊棘、雜木、亂草,把天空都遮住,遠處還有一群人正要去打鬥的姿態,而小女孩的守護天使正在打瞌睡。後一張天空透出柔和的黃光,朵朵鮮花開滿,守護天使已經醒來,專心看護著小女孩。背景在繪本有電影配樂的作用,可以讓讀者明顯感受劇情的變化。
小女孩打起精神,繼續向前走,發現一間小木屋,天空佈滿星星,黑夜中象徵希望。
小女孩走進屋裡,看見一個老人坐在屋裡。老人的大腳,呈現穩重;大手輕輕向上托,表達慈祥。小女孩雙手抱大碗,頭微向側擺,乖巧可愛。老人的眼神、向上的手掌、小女孩的目光,連成一線。所有的佈置,沒有一絲緊張或牽強的痕跡,看似加一筆就會打亂和諧。長者的關愛,女孩的專注,加上月光的襯托,全圖散發一股安詳靜謐,令人眼睛久久不能移開。每次看到這張圖,心情就宛如聆聽聖樂般寧靜。右下角的小狗,伏筆在此出現。
第二天小女孩醒了,晨光祥和。注意小狗已經長成大狗。
小女孩開心到花園,一朵大紅花迎空開放。
小女孩在花園中遇到一個和她相像的女孩。
兩個女孩成為好朋友,開心的一起玩。遠處一群人在合唱,指揮的音樂家就是桑達克最愛的莫札特。桑達克在這本書,運用豐富的布景創造整段的主旋律,然後利用動物、荊棘、樹木、花朵……來加強戲劇效果。好像你要打煙火,就要有一片夜空,然後按照劇情的需要,把煙火打上去。如果你的主旋律是晴空,打再多煙火也沒人看見。
過了三天,老人對女孩說:「你該回去看你媽媽了。」小女孩很想媽媽,但她也想再回來玩,這時老人拿出一朵含苞的玫瑰花,交給小女孩,告訴她走出森林後,遇到任何事情都不要害怕,當玫瑰花盛開時,小女孩就會回到這個花園。這一幕高潮來臨的前場戲,同樣的老人的眼睛,玫瑰花,小女孩的眼睛也是連成一線。狗已經老了,小女孩的玩伴在右下角出現。
小女孩離開屋子,她的玩伴便帶她走出森林。原來這個玩伴正是她的守護天使。注意圖中人物的變化,原來另一個女孩,頭髮比較黃,個子比較高,在這裡兩個人髮色、個子、面貌都幾乎一模一樣。這個變化又暗示什麼呢?
小女孩終於回到家,看見一個老女人坐在家門口。糟糕,原來她在森林裡三天,外面已經過了三十年,老女人正是她的媽媽。她的媽媽在夕陽射出的最後一道光輝中,看見自己的女兒回來了,高興的說:「親愛的孩子,上帝終於答應了我最後的願望,讓我能在死前再見你一面。」
桑達克先讓文字把故事敘述完,字間不放一圖。然後翻頁過來,用跨頁滿版的圖,讓你受震動的心,再震撼一次。他在圖中用一棵結實累累的果樹,分割小女孩的世界和媽媽在的真實世界,妙的是果樹結的是兩種果子。媽媽腳下那本書,你可還記得?不正是小狗看的書嗎?所有的暗示、隱喻、伏筆……都在此揭開,可是為什麼會這樣?
第二天,這對母女都死了。而在她們兩人的中間,有一朵盛開的玫瑰花。在這最後一頁,桑達克又讓文字主宰一切,他不畫一張圖,讓這個結尾更有力量,更餘味無窮,更深入我們的心。
威廉格林為什麼寫這個故事?因為「親愛的小莉」的母親過世了,威廉格林當時不能去看她,便寫了一封信安慰她,在信裡他不講不痛不癢的平凡安慰語,他為這失去母親的8歲小女孩小莉,寫了一個深刻動人的故事。這個有關生命真諦的故事,如此寓意深遠,但卻是給一個8歲大的小女孩的信,可見自古真正偉大傑出的心靈,他們從不看輕孩子,從不低估孩子的能力。
In the Night Kitchen [图书] 豆瓣
作者: Maurice Sendak 出版社: HarperCollins 1996 - 1
1971 Caldecott Honor BookNotable Children's Books of 1940--1970 (ALA)Best Books of 1970 (SLJ)Outstanding Children's Books of 1970 (NYT)Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1970 (NYT)Children's Books of 1970 (Library of Congress) Carey-Thomas Award 1971--Honor CitationBrooklyn Art Books for Children 1973, 1975
Outside Over There [图书] 豆瓣
作者: Maurice Sendak 出版社: HarperCollins 1989 - 2
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With Papa off to sea and Mama despondent, Ida must go outside over there to rescue her baby sister from goblins who steal her to be a goblin's bride. 1982 Caldecott Honor Book
Notable Children's Books of 1981 (ALA)
1982 American Book Award
1981 Boston Globe'Horn Book Award for Illustration
Best Books of Spring 1981 (SLJ)
Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1981 (NYT)
Children's Books of 1981 (Library of Congress)
1981 Children's Books (NY Public Library)
Where the Wild Things Are [图书] 豆瓣
作者: Maurice Sendak 出版社: Harper Collins 1988 - 11
In the forty years since Max first cried "Let the wild rumpus start," Maurice Sendak's classic picture book has become one of the most highly acclaimed and best-loved children's books of all time. Now, in celebration of this special anniversary, introduce a new generation to Max's imaginative journey to where the wild things are.
Mommy? [图书] 豆瓣
作者: Maurice Sendak / Arthur Yorinks 出版社: Michael di Capua Books / Scholastic 2006 - 9
They're all here! Everybody's favorite monsters are just going about their business when a plucky little boy wanders into their cuckoo house. And what does he want? He wants Mommy!
No matter how scary these monsters are, there's no besting a little boy who's looking for his mommy. In one hilarious pop-up extravaganza after another, this kid shows them a thing or two.
Kenny's Window [图书] 谷歌图书
作者: Maurice Sendak 出版社: HarperCollins 2002 - 11
Kenny dreams of a fabulous land where he would like to live always, and in his search for it discovers many things about himself and about growing up. ‘An unusual, imaginative story . . . in which reality blends with make-believe.' 'SLJ. 1956 Children's Spring Book Festival Honor Book (NY Herald Tribune)