Now this is what I call a tall book. Not a long book. In terms of pages — 32 to be exact — it’s short. But my, it’s tall. 42.5 by 13.5 cm is tall. It won’t fit any of my bookshelves. It looks like it won’t fit any in our library — that’s where I borrowed it; it was standing on top of a bookshelf. Just look at it.
But, apart from being tall, it is a great book. The story is strange and beautiful, the black and white illustrations are striking. And Ventoso could be anywhere in the world where you can find windmills, weathervanes and kites. In Fuerteventura maybe?
I also learned that the Asturian artist Pablo Amargo designed many posters for our own Biblioteca Insular de Gran Canaria.
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