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The Weaving of a Dream by Marilee Heyer6/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Heyer's skillful retelling of the ancient legend and her magnificent illustrations combine to form a book of astonishing beauty. Small red woodcut-like squares featuring animals and birds from the paintings (meant to resemble chops) are placed on each white page of text, adding to the book's attractiveness. ![]() From the silken threads of the sumptuous brocade to the tiniest wrinkles in a hand, the photographic realism of a silver necklace, the touchable softness of a fur cuff, the intricate perfection of an Oriental pattern and the fine hairs of a butterfly's wings, each painting offers an experience of sensuous delight. Heyer's 15 illustrations show a masterful artistic technique. As she lies grieving, her youngest son, after the two elder ones succumb to greed, searches for the brocade in a quest that leads through fire and ice to a fairy palace on a mountain top. Obsessed with the beauty of the scene, she spends three full years copying the painting in a brocade, only to have it snatched away by a wind upon its completion. At the market one day she trades her work for a painting of a lovely palace. The story is of a widow who supports her three sons by selling her finely crafted brocades. ![]() ![]() Grade 3 Up The Chinese legend of "The Chuang Brocade" is faithfully retold in a volume of exquisite beauty. ![]()
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