A review by mat_tobin
The Legend of Sally Jones by Jakob Wegelius
4.0
A companion text (and prequel) to the rather marvelous, award-winning [b:The Murderer's Ape|33978302|The Murderer's Ape|Jakob Wegelius|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1485263488s/33978302.jpg|41192643] , The Legend of Sally Jones is presented in a fusion text (close to a graphic novel) format and tells the story of Sally's childhood up until the beginning of the main novel.
Set 'about a hundred years ago', it follows Sally's story as she finds herself kidnapped from her family by Belgian officers and from then on, is passed from pillar to post throughout her travels across the world. Here she finds herself in the hands of jewel thieves, circus masters, Dutch naturalists and Chinese traders.
Through Wegelius' lavish illustrations and Peter Graves' masterly translation, nothing is lost here in Sally's epic story and readers both new and old alike will become lost in both word and picture. An origin story that is as exciting as it is swathed in pathos, it is clear that Wegelius has a nose for unusual, creative, rich narratives and that Graves' has the translator's touch in bringing it to life.
Set 'about a hundred years ago', it follows Sally's story as she finds herself kidnapped from her family by Belgian officers and from then on, is passed from pillar to post throughout her travels across the world. Here she finds herself in the hands of jewel thieves, circus masters, Dutch naturalists and Chinese traders.
Through Wegelius' lavish illustrations and Peter Graves' masterly translation, nothing is lost here in Sally's epic story and readers both new and old alike will become lost in both word and picture. An origin story that is as exciting as it is swathed in pathos, it is clear that Wegelius has a nose for unusual, creative, rich narratives and that Graves' has the translator's touch in bringing it to life.