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Seraphin

Seraphin

Written by Philippe Fix, translated from French by Donald Nicholson-Smith

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Seraphin, dreaming of gardens full of birdsong, sunny avenues, and flowers, works as a ticket seller in a metro station underground. One day, after being scolded by the stationmaster for trying to save a butterfly that had flown into the station by accident, he learns that he has inherited an old, dilapidated house. Overjoyed by the possibilities, he and his friend Plume set about building the house of their dreams, and much more besides! Philippe Fix’s illustrations, cinematic in their scope, have entranced children since their 1967 début. Out of print in English for decades, a fresh translation of Seraphin allows a new generation to experience the wonder and inventive spectacle of the original.

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Series: Elsewhere Editions
ISBN: 9781939810250
Pages: 28
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Praise

Rendered gracefully in a new translation by Nicholson-Smith, Fix’s winning narrative voice is matched in charm by his wonderfully intricate, warmly lit illustrations [...] This vision of an existence unbeholden to anyone else offers a satisfying escape from the everyday.
—Publishers Weekly

A jovial narrator guides readers through this meandering story, Nicholson-Smith's conversational translation retaining Gallic eloquence. ... Readers will also fall under the spell of Fix's inexhaustible imagination, transferred onto the page as immense, richly detailed, golden-hued watercolor-and-ink illustrations.
—Kirkus Reviews

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