The last of his kind, Griso travels the world searching for unicorn companions. He asks beetles, chameleons, and buffalos if they've seen any mythical creatures like him, and all send him on his way saying, 'Neither here nor at the edge of the world.' Griso gallops across plains, marshes, and mountains, he trots into the sunset and chats with fearsome narwals by the sea. On each spread, we see Griso rendered in a new artistic style, portrayed as a shadowy cave painting, a chivalrous medieval stead, or lost along a mind-bending surrealist horizon. Griso, the Unique introduces young readers to artistic movements spanning the 7th to 18th century, leaping across time and colour with the flip of a page. In Daniel Hahn's exquisite translation, Griso, the Unique opens the doors to a world of African painting, Tang Dynasty murals, medieval tapestries, and art hidden beneath Egyptian pyramids. A song of colour, time, expression, and a fantastical search for belonging by Brazilian visionary, Roger Mello.
| ISBN: | 9781962770088 |
| Publication date: | 8th October 2024 |
| Author: | Roger Mello |
| Publisher: | Elsewhere Editions an imprint of Penguin Random House Group |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 38 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s picture books |