Blue Rider [Hardcover]

On a gray and crowded city sidewalk, a child discovers a book. That evening, the child begins to read and is immediately carried beyond the repetitive sameness of an urban skyscape into an untamed natural landscape. The child experiences a moment of true joy, and as if in response to that single blissful moment, people seem to come alive in all the other rooms of the apartment block. Thanks to the power of one book, an entire society is transformed.

In creating this book, Geraldo Val?rio was inspired by the German Expressionist group known as Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), which formed in Munich in 1911 and included painters Franz Marc and Wassily Kandinsky. These artists sought to find the spiritual significance in art, with an emphasis on form and color. In turn, Val?rio has created a wordless book that speaks volumes about how art can transform us beyond the sometimes-dreary world of the everyday.

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Praise forBlue Rider:

Val?rio excels at conveying the pure joy of color and form and, not incidentally, the ability of art and books to lift us up and away. Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW

Its a dazzling vision of the way art transcends the everyday. Publisher's Weekly, STARRED REVIEW

Looking at art doesnt always stir the soul, but when it does the sensation can be so powerful as to feel like a subsuming rapture. Geraldo Val?rio manages to replicate this dizzying and rare experience in?Blue Rider. Wall Street Journal

[A] sumptuous wordless tale &. From the start, the use of color is so sophisticated you can almost hear it & New York Times

Here is a tribute to art, to books, and to the power of the imagination. Booklist

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