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The Stonecutter

by Gerald McDermott
Gerald McDermott
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Tasaku is a lowly cutter of stone who longs for power. Scored with authentic Japanese music on the koto.

"A stonecutter's insatiable quest for power is a theme well suited to McDermott's aggressive, highly stylized designs, and the Japanese origin of this version of the "Fisherman and his Wife" idea is acknowledged in the traditional printmaking motifs and architectural forms that are incorporated in his brilliantly colored semi-abstract displays. The pomp of a princely procession, which stirs the envy of a previously contented stonecutter, provides just the occasion for splurge and spectacle that sets off this artist, and later when the stonecutter has himself successively transformed into the sun, a cloud, and a mountain — each form chosen because it is somehow stronger than the last — the elemental forces assert themselves in a series of strong, increasingly ominous scenes that are characterized by a sort of static violence. Another striking performance." —-Kirkus Reviews
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Publisher: Scholastic Inc. Edition: Unabridged

OverDrive Listen audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781339055749
  • File size: 3245 KB
  • Release date: September 1, 1990
  • Duration: 00:06:45

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781339055749
  • File size: 3293 KB
  • Release date: September 1, 1990
  • Duration: 00:06:45
  • Number of parts: 1

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OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook

subjects

Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Folklore

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:3.2
Interest Level:K-3(LG)
Text Difficulty:0-3

Tasaku is a lowly cutter of stone who longs for power. Scored with authentic Japanese music on the koto.

"A stonecutter's insatiable quest for power is a theme well suited to McDermott's aggressive, highly stylized designs, and the Japanese origin of this version of the "Fisherman and his Wife" idea is acknowledged in the traditional printmaking motifs and architectural forms that are incorporated in his brilliantly colored semi-abstract displays. The pomp of a princely procession, which stirs the envy of a previously contented stonecutter, provides just the occasion for splurge and spectacle that sets off this artist, and later when the stonecutter has himself successively transformed into the sun, a cloud, and a mountain — each form chosen because it is somehow stronger than the last — the elemental forces assert themselves in a series of strong, increasingly ominous scenes that are characterized by a sort of static violence. Another striking performance." —-Kirkus Reviews
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Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Folklore