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NEW SWEDISH BOOKS STINA WIRSÉN DEAD BONNIER CARLS
EN RIGHTS: BONNIER RIGHTS 2015-11-20 13:55 Dead There are few who can express feelings and moods in words and images with such brilliant simplicity as Stina Wirsén. In Dead, Stina shows, with expressive characters, colours and shapes, that even books for very young children can deal with difficult issues, take children’s thoughts and reflections seriously and have a unique artistic vision. One fine summer’s day, when everything is absolutely wonderful, magically marvellous and alive, Little Pink and Tiny Pea meet a bird, who is totally and utterly silent, still and dead. They’re so sad. But after a while they start picking some pretty flowers and gathering all their friends. It turns into a flower-packed, memorable and loving celebration of that little dead bird and of everything living. 28