White Ravens’98/Venezuela(Spanish)/54169
Calderón, Gloria (illus.)
Mambrú se fue a la guerra
(Mambrú went to war)
Caracas: Ed. Ekaré, 1996. [28pp]
(Colección clave de sol) (Canciones tradicionales para cantar y contar)
ISBN 980-257-166-0
War - Soldier - Farewell - Longing - Death - Grief
The well-known folk song about the bridegroom who must go to war on
the day of his wedding and never returns home inspired the illustrator to tell
the story in colored linocuts in which animals play the human parts. The
reserved facial expressions and gestures and the dark, blue-toned night
colors permeate the illustrations with a melancholy atmosphere, which
contrasts the cheery, rhythmical melody of the song. Easily decipherable
symbols (rose, letter, ship, etc.) elucidate the message of this story of love,
faithfulness, longing, death and grief. (4+)

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