Alemagna Alphabet. Bilingual French-English edition

Finally!

Finally Beatrice Alemagna deserves a list worthy of the name. Even better, a deep, in-depth, scholarly study by the best connoisseurs of children’s albums (Sophie van der Linden, Martino Negri and Giovanna Sopoli).

In general, if the format of the letters is considered unconvincing, sometimes there is no choice of classification for narrative essays organized by catch-all, but on the contrary, it is a wonderful success.

Entries converse with each other and, conceptually, find a certain chronological coherence. The essays are precise, scholarly but accessible, short but dense, and get to the point. They paint a very accurate picture of Alemagna’s fascinating work, alternating entries with aesthetic tone and other narratological or thematic approaches (there is even a surprising penetration of the author into the brief but palatable text).

What emerges from the whole is a sense of wanderlust in the details of the author’s work, discovering and understanding the various motifs that make up a panorama of these rich landscapes, a multiplicity.

Fortunately, the iconography is rich and abundant (pictures, notebooks, unpublished works, etc.): it shows the thought in the images that Alemagna creates and the thought in words that takes shape in these drawings comes brilliantly together.

Alemagna Alphabet It is essential for lovers of children’s albums, but for all enthusiasts of painting, drawing studies, essays, managing to gain height to dive into the heart of the image, to study the unifying and synchronizing poetry. Lots of work.