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The City of Forgotten Things

★★★
Forgetting is a consequence of having once remembered.
Have you truly said goodbye to everything you’ve created, loved, and then forgotten?
A masterpiece by an Italian artistic genius, "Summer City" – a fictional city of forgotten things – explores the philosophy of "saying goodbye."
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◎ Editor's Recommendation
★ The story is moving, close to daily life, yet full of philosophical depth, guiding readers to contemplate the most minute details;
★ The illustrations are warm and profound, with delicate brushwork, rich in detail and imagination;
★ The combination of black cardstock and colored pencils evokes the purest, most unadulterated emotional resonance;
★ Beautifully bound and creatively designed. The dust jacket unfolds into a stunning poster, specially created by the author for the Chinese edition of this book;
★ The inner cover is designed as an exquisite black card coloring page, inviting readers to participate in the creation;
★ Includes 6 pages of pull-outs and 4 pages of translucent vellum inserts, allowing readers to experience the splendor and wonder of "Summer City" from multiple perspectives.
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◎ Synopsis
One evening, a strange girl gives "me" a task – to find the owner of Summer City and then serve him. After a flight, I arrive at a peculiar place where everything forgotten by the world comes to reside. This is the City of Forgotten Things, Summer City.
A venerable blackbird manages Summer City, caring for all the items that arrive here: keys, toys, old photographs... even words, ghosts, and fears. "I" observe everything happening in Summer City as an outsider, finding everything strange, yet gentle and pure.
One day, a stinky little planet, with an atomic bomb embedded within it, crashes into Summer City. With the care of the blackbird and the forgotten things, the little planet gradually heals. But during the process of removing the atomic bomb, an explosion occurs in Summer City, a most spectacular farewell... Afterwards, the blackbird leaves Summer City, and "I" take over his work, becoming the next city lord. I seem to have fallen in love with this job, but I've forgotten who I am...

2019-08-01

北京联合出版公司

Joint bass

122

9787559628091