het boek
An ode to the imagination. The main character, an elephant who reads as he walks, is so engrossed in his book that nothing matters anymore. He crosses amazing places, meets fantastic animals but continues reading without realizing anything. Fiction and reality merge. With each double page spread, the elephant-reader changes universes, travels the world and continues on his unperturbed journey. Is reading a super power? A poetic book, more philosophical than it seems. Thanks to Ronald Tolman’s etchings, colorized by his daughter Marije, this large format, textless picture book is an inexhaustible source of dreams.
— Ronald Tolman ︎︎︎
Het Boek
Ronald Tolman
Marije Tolman
Querido
2017
Translations
French,
La joie de lire (Switserland)
Korean, Yeoyoudang (South Korea)
Spanish, Adriana Hidalgo/Pípala (Argentina)
Ronald Tolman
Marije Tolman
Querido
2017
Translations
Korean, Yeoyoudang (South Korea)
Spanish, Adriana Hidalgo/Pípala (Argentina)