When You Look Up - by Decur (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Visually stunning, tactile, and mesmerizing, this graphic novel is a debut at the summit, from a self-taught, Argentinian visionary.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Visually stunning, tactile, and mesmerizing, this graphic novel is a debut at the summit from a self-taught Argentinian visionary.</strong></p> <p>Lorenzo isn't happy about moving. But in his new room, he finds an old desk with what seems likes hundreds of drawers. Each even has its own smell! Deep inside the desk, he finds a book and begins to read. When he looks up, he sees all kinds of curious things. Has the book come to life? Or is it something else? This is a graphic novel about observation, imagination, and the many incredible lenses through which everyday experience might be perceived if you read.</p> <p><strong>Guillermo Decurgez, "Decur," </strong>was born in Rosario, Argentina in 1981. He is a self-taught cartoonist and illustrator, and the author of <em>Merci!, Pipí cucú, Semillas 1</em>, and <em>Mi cajón favorito</em>. His work has been published in the newspapers <em>La Nación </em>and <em>La Posta Hoy</em>, and in the magazines <em>Orsai, Fierro, free lyrics, Ineditadas</em>, and <em>Ñ</em>. He has also illustrated "Cents del globe 3," the board game "The Switcher," the "Mrs. Holle" stories, "El poroto mágico," "The almost perfect crime," and "Ivan, the Fool." His paintings have been exhibited in France, Spain, Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, La Rioja, Buenos Aires, and Rosario. Decur's English-language graphic novel debut, <em>When You Look Up</em>, will published in 2020 from Enchanted Lion Books.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Argentine writer and illustrator Decurgez employs a variety of artistic techniques to transport Lorenzo, and middle-grade readers, in and out of the imaginative world of the notebook. At 184 pages, this extended picture book is a visual feast, but also quietly thoughtful. -World Magazine<br><br>Children will pore over this moody watercolor-soaked story of an introvert's creative awakening, which contains within it a bright collage of weirdly wonderful dreams and nightmares, while adults will covet it as a work of art that speaks to their inner child. A picture book-graphic novel hybrid by the self-taught Argentine artist Guillermo Decurgez (known as Decur), translated by Chloe Garcia Roberts and also available in a Spanish-language edition, it begins on "moving day," as a boy who believes the world exists only inside his cellphone finds a mysterious notebook in the secret compartment of a desk in his new room. -The New York Times<br><br>Decur toggles deftly between Lorenzo's world and surreal episodes from the journal, the crisp, brightly colored pages crackling with circus-like energy, the somber paintings reflecting Lorenzo's slow but steady awakening. <strong>-Publishers Weekly</strong><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><strong>Guillermo Decurgez, "Decur,"</strong> was born in Rosario, Argentina in 1981. He is a self-taught cartoonist and illustrator, and the author of <i>Merci!</i>, <i>Pipí cucú</i>, <i>Semillas 1</i> and <i>Mi cajón favorito</i>. His work has been published in the newspapers <i>La Nación</i> and <i>La Posta Hoy</i>, and in the magazines <i>Orsai</i>, <i>Fierro</i>, <i>free lyrics</i>, <i>Ineditadas</i>, and <i>Ñ</i>. He has also illustrated "Cents del globe 3," the board game "The Switcher," the "Mrs. Holle" stories, "El poroto mágico," "The almost perfect crime," and "Ivan, the Fool." His paintings have been exhibited in France, Spain, Chile, Bolivia, Colombia, La Rioja, Buenos Aires, and Rosario. Decur's English-language graphic novel debut, <i>When You Look Up</i>, will publish in 2020 from Enchanted Lion Books.
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