The Willow Pattern Story - Allan Drummond

The Willow Pattern Story - Allan Drummond

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Title

The Willow Pattern Story

Authors and contributors

By (author) Allan Drummond

Physical properties

Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 32
Width: 267 mm
Height: 210 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 168 g

Language

English

ISBN

ISBN 13: 9781558584136
ISBN 10: 1558584137

Classifications

Nielsen BookScan Product Class 3: T1.1
BIC E4L: CRA
DC20: 823.914
BIC reading level and special interest qualifier V2: 5AH
BIC subject category V2: YFB
LC subject heading: ,
DC22: FIC
Ingram Spring Arbor Market: Y
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Libri: I-CI
B&T Merchandise Category: JUV
B&T Book Type: JF
LC subject heading:
Ingram Subject Code: CI
BIC subject category V2: WFS
Ingram Theme: CULT/CHINES
B&T General Subject: 215
LC subject heading: ,
Warengruppen-Systematik des deutschen Buchhandels: 22600
LC subject heading:
BIC subject category V2: 5AH
BISAC V2.8: JUV012030
LCification: PZ7.D8247W,PZ7.D8247 WI 1995
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Edition

New edition

Edition statement

New edition

Illustrations note

colour and b&w illustrations

Publisher

North-South Books (Nord-Sud Verlag AG)

Imprint name

North-South Books (Nord-Sud Verlag AG)

Publication date

01 April 1995

Publication City/Country

Zurich

Review text

Told with restraint and ease, this book is about a romantic legend that haunts the ubiquitous pottery design. It begins with an invitation: "Fly with me, over China, and down into the landscape of the willow pattern." Readers are thrust into the blue-and-white realm of lovers Koong Shee and Chang, respectively, a wealthy mandarin's daughter and a poor servant. But Koong Shee, betrothed to an old merchant, is locked away by her father; Chang rescues her on her wedding clay and they embark on a happy life in hiding. Ultimately, the mandarin finds them and throws them into a maze beneath his Great Pagoda; when he and the lovers die, their world becomes aa eternal and changeless aa the now-familiar willow pattern. Any child who has ever imagined a journey into a two dimensional expanse will be carried away by the passion Drummond brings to his subject. His blending of still elements from the pottery with looser, livelier drawings of the story's pursuits have a lyrical grace, although the order of events in text and pictures sometimes disagrees (spot vignettes of later action in the tale occasionally precede larger visuals of earlier incidents). An author's note in the end warns readers of the "truth" about this pattern and legend, notably, their British origins. A charmed work, told with conviction and a sure hand. (Kirkus Reviews)