Ever since I was a little girl I have adored Kamma Svensson's fantastic illustrations of Peter Christen Asbjørnsen's Norwegian folktale "East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon". The book is old, it used to belong to my mum, and I guess she kept it for the same reasons as I. Kamma Svensson's illustrations are filled with the same mystic, folklorism and dense ambivalence as the tale itself - very beautiful and a little scary all at the same time. Look at the colours and patterns - she's so good.
More Kamma Svensson.
P. Chr. Asbjørnsen, "Østen for Sol og Vesten for Måne", Gyldendal 1959, with illustrations by Kamma Svensson.
Tak for det fantastiske link, vidste ikke der fantes et sted at købe gamle bøger :)
ReplyDeleteThese illustrations are incredibly beautiful!
ReplyDeleteyes - I like them much too!
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