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類別：繪本
(agent :
Cynthia)
WABI SABI
不完美之美
作
者：Mark
Reibstein
繪
者：Ed
Young
版 本：精裝，40頁，2008年10月初版
Wabi Sabi是一隻日本的小貓，對於自己的名自從來沒有認真多想過，直到主人的朋友來訪，問起主人這個名字所代表的意義。牠的主人卻回答：「這很難解釋啊，」這個讓人不滿意的說詞使小貓踏上尋找答案的冒險之旅。到底何謂 Wabi Sabi？小貓旅行到遙遠的異地，終於弄清楚了Wabi Sabi的意思：從單純、自然、謙卑、不完美之中尋找美。它是一種感受，而不見得是理念。雖然有一點深沈，不過卻是溫暖而舒適的。小貓低下頭觀察茶杯中自己的倒影，看到一隻平凡無奇的貓，但是牠終於明白主人給牠起這個名字的用意了。
本書的文字富有詩意，簡短的文字之間夾雜著拼貼藝術，以文字和繪畫精緻的交替呈現出wabi sabi 獨到的世界觀，其實簡單的事物就是美。
Summary
“Thank you!” said Wabi SAbi, and off she went to
learn what her name meant. To get to Mount Hiei, she had to cross
through the city. Dazzled by big buildings, shiny glass, and sleek
cars, awed by the busy, sharply dressed people, she wondered if
these pretty things could be wabi sabi. She decided that if her name
was true to her, it must be softer, quieter, darker.
Even in cities, before the shock of new light – the colors of dusk…
作者 About the Author
Mark Reibstein
is an English teacher and writer who has lived in New York,
California, Hawaii, Japan, and Thailand. While living in Kyoto, he
met a cat named Wabi Sabi, and they remained very close friends for
ten years. Now Mark and his daughter live near San Francisco with
their good friend Arlo, who is also a cat.
When Ed Young was young, he thought he could “disappear” into
his own world, brought to life through his drawings. Years later, he
has provided artwork for more than seventy books and has been
awarded the Caldecott medal for Lon Po Po and Caldecott
honors for Seven Blind Mice and The Emperor and the Kite.
Although he still occasionally “disappear”, he now lives in upstate
New York with his daughters.