书 名：The Swing / 秋千

作 者：Britta Teckentrup

出 版：Prestel ，2023

装 帧：精装，160页

语 种：英语

尺 寸：21*21 cm

布里塔·特肯特鲁普（Britta Teckentrup）最新推出的这本儿童读物是一部关于时间流逝的诗意杰作。

这本书以山丘上俯瞰水面的秋千为中心，深情地冥想了童年、成长、友谊与失去。“从我记事起，这个秋千就一直在这里，”叙述者说道，“我们曾一起站在这里，眺望大海，等待着什么发生改变……等待着新鲜、令人兴奋的事物。但每天都是一样的。”然而，随着季节的更迭和年月的流逝，一切都在变化。朋友来了又去，恋人相遇相拥，春天转为秋天，秋千架也因年久失修而吱嘎作响。特肯特鲁普以其标志性的拼贴画，用柔和而绚烂的色彩以及简约而有力的构图，绝妙地传达了所有这些变化。配上同样引人入胜的文字，各年龄段的读者都将感受到时间作为一种温柔却不可抗拒的力量，带来种种新的体验。随着叙述者的成长与智慧的增长，读者们也将明白，生命中最重要的记忆永远不会消逝。

Britta Teckentrup’s latest book for children of every age is a poetic masterpiece about the passage of time.

A swing on a hill overlooking the water is at the center of this lovely meditation on childhood, growing older, friendship and loss. “The swing has always been in this place—ever since I can remember,” declares the narrator. “Here we stood together, looking out to sea, waiting for something to change. . . for something new, something exciting. But every day was the same.” But as seasons change and years pass, things do change. Friends come and go, lovers meet and kiss, spring turns to autumn, and the swing set grows creaky with age. All of these changes are gorgeously communicated by Teckentrup’s signature collage paintings that employ soft, radiant colors and simple yet powerful compositions. With its equally compelling text, readers of every age will experience time as a gentle but inescapable force, bringing about new experiences. And as the narrator grows older and wiser, readers themselves will understand that life’s most important memories can never disappear.