A Matryoshka Doll
• Original title : 마트료시카
• Price : 14,500KRW
• Product Dimensions :
200*281, 48pages
• Publication Date : 2022-09-27
• ISBN : 9791160949681
Book Information & Summary
Written by Yoo Eun Sil and Illustrated by Kim Ji Hyun
One as seven, and seven as oneThe story of a matryoshka doll who embraces each layer of life
This picture book presents the inner side of a person with a matryoshka doll as a material. One day, seven sisters of the matryoshka doll created by a craftsman with genuine efforts got to belong to a girl who lived far away. During the silent night when nobody noticed anything, they began sharing their own stories.
The writer, Yoo Eun Sil, has deeply thought about stories of the matryoshka doll by calling her own child inside herself. She misses and thanks her inner child and as a result, she has created the story of a young soul hidden in this hard wooden doll. The illustrator, Kim Ji Hyun, also has dealt with the world of these seven souls filled with various fragrances and a bit of sorrow beautifully. Readers will be able to feel the illustrator’s hard work at every place where the illustrator has touched – from soft drawings to thin water paints, and so on. This story of the matryoshka doll full of sweet and sentimental illustrations leaves us deep scents inside our souls.
The beautiful world where the matryoshka doll lives
The story of the matryoshka doll, the group of seven dolls overlapped one another, begins from their birth. The writer created the seven bodies and blew breath into them one by one. Then, the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and the seventh were given birth in the end. They all embraced one another and settled down at the girl’s house. They sometimes become one or feel one another by standing on their own. On a silent night, those seven souls come out and talk to each other under the moonlight. One day, the first talks her own story and others listen to her. Other days, the second, or the sixth begins talking their stories and others listen to them carefully. When the day they lost the youngest sister, the seventh, the first doll flew her white butterfly inside herself. The white butterfly chased the tiny seventh. There is a child in the middle of the dark forest without dim moonlight. Can the child come back to where she used to be and to her sisters? The story fantastically begins by the first page which the doll was given birth to. The story also shows beautiful flowers, exotic sceneries, cozy country houses, and the forest of souls and by doing so, it is filled with mysterious mood. Readers will be able to be touched by the storyline that makes readers deeply fall into the story as well as the romantic feelings provided by the space.
“Where would the tiny doll be shivering?”To find the most innocent soul in my life
The matryoshka doll with unique patterns from the first to the seventh reminds us of seven moments of our own life. It is the combination of seven important moments, representing one person’s life. When they look at one another while singing in the girl’s room, their moments of own lives are passing through. What the first has are the widest breast and the biggest flower shade, deep wrinkle, and the big hand. This reminds us of the elderly days when we can be generous after going through all kinds of suffers in life. A butterfly flown into the first’s flowers reminds us of a mature self-esteem originated from the middle age. The second reflects on herself with regrets, and the middle-aged third stays in somewhat lazy and peaceful time. The fourth strongly goes her own way alone toward the future. She looks like a young woman who has just left out of her comfort zone. The fifth was into something in sweetness, and the sixth feels happy under the fresh shade. Lastly, the seventh, who just grabs a flower bud, will blossom following her sisters. The moments of life are remembered in this order and erased in the opposite order. The matryoshka doll, which reached far and unfamiliar place, could be a sort of visit to the certain moments in our childhood to find out the inner child, which is the deepest memory as well as the center of us. Then, when they find the lost soul, it seems that the matryoshka doll, the white butterfly, and the girl asleep with the matryoshka doll all become one. Where am I in my life now? What does my inner child, which is small and lost, look like? This picture book leads us to a comfortable reflection on ourselves by waking up our souls.
One as seven, and seven as oneThe story of a matryoshka doll who embraces each layer of life
This picture book presents the inner side of a person with a matryoshka doll as a material. One day, seven sisters of the matryoshka doll created by a craftsman with genuine efforts got to belong to a girl who lived far away. During the silent night when nobody noticed anything, they began sharing their own stories.
The writer, Yoo Eun Sil, has deeply thought about stories of the matryoshka doll by calling her own child inside herself. She misses and thanks her inner child and as a result, she has created the story of a young soul hidden in this hard wooden doll. The illustrator, Kim Ji Hyun, also has dealt with the world of these seven souls filled with various fragrances and a bit of sorrow beautifully. Readers will be able to feel the illustrator’s hard work at every place where the illustrator has touched – from soft drawings to thin water paints, and so on. This story of the matryoshka doll full of sweet and sentimental illustrations leaves us deep scents inside our souls.
The beautiful world where the matryoshka doll lives
The story of the matryoshka doll, the group of seven dolls overlapped one another, begins from their birth. The writer created the seven bodies and blew breath into them one by one. Then, the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and the seventh were given birth in the end. They all embraced one another and settled down at the girl’s house. They sometimes become one or feel one another by standing on their own. On a silent night, those seven souls come out and talk to each other under the moonlight. One day, the first talks her own story and others listen to her. Other days, the second, or the sixth begins talking their stories and others listen to them carefully. When the day they lost the youngest sister, the seventh, the first doll flew her white butterfly inside herself. The white butterfly chased the tiny seventh. There is a child in the middle of the dark forest without dim moonlight. Can the child come back to where she used to be and to her sisters? The story fantastically begins by the first page which the doll was given birth to. The story also shows beautiful flowers, exotic sceneries, cozy country houses, and the forest of souls and by doing so, it is filled with mysterious mood. Readers will be able to be touched by the storyline that makes readers deeply fall into the story as well as the romantic feelings provided by the space.
“Where would the tiny doll be shivering?”To find the most innocent soul in my life
The matryoshka doll with unique patterns from the first to the seventh reminds us of seven moments of our own life. It is the combination of seven important moments, representing one person’s life. When they look at one another while singing in the girl’s room, their moments of own lives are passing through. What the first has are the widest breast and the biggest flower shade, deep wrinkle, and the big hand. This reminds us of the elderly days when we can be generous after going through all kinds of suffers in life. A butterfly flown into the first’s flowers reminds us of a mature self-esteem originated from the middle age. The second reflects on herself with regrets, and the middle-aged third stays in somewhat lazy and peaceful time. The fourth strongly goes her own way alone toward the future. She looks like a young woman who has just left out of her comfort zone. The fifth was into something in sweetness, and the sixth feels happy under the fresh shade. Lastly, the seventh, who just grabs a flower bud, will blossom following her sisters. The moments of life are remembered in this order and erased in the opposite order. The matryoshka doll, which reached far and unfamiliar place, could be a sort of visit to the certain moments in our childhood to find out the inner child, which is the deepest memory as well as the center of us. Then, when they find the lost soul, it seems that the matryoshka doll, the white butterfly, and the girl asleep with the matryoshka doll all become one. Where am I in my life now? What does my inner child, which is small and lost, look like? This picture book leads us to a comfortable reflection on ourselves by waking up our souls.
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