The Young Adult (YA) Book as Art

A. Pavis
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A nyone who says that books are not art has never read Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro or Anna Karenina by Tolstoy. Nor have they read The Fault in Our Stars by John Green or The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. These novels evoke emotion in those who read them, not just from the plot, but from the perfect word choice and phrasing. Hundreds of authors have created literary masterpieces for us, and those titles are found in school curricula and public libraries, on bedside tables and underneath pillows. But sometimes books are more than gently woven words and carefully crafted paragraphs. Sometimes there are images to correspond with the words, giving the reader the ultimate experience: text and images sewn together so as to enhance the reader’s imagination (“I wonder how that would look in real life?”) and curiosity (“That’s how!”). Books are art, and just like when critiquing a da Vinci or Matisse painting, there is no incorrect interpretation or opinion. Therefore, allow me to give you my interpretation of young adult novels as art, in terms of illustrations outside as well as inside the cover.
青少年(YA)书籍作为艺术
说书不是艺术的人一定没读过石黑一雄的《别让我走》和托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》。他们也没有读过约翰·格林的《星运里的错》或马库斯·祖萨克的《偷书贼》。这些小说不仅从情节中,而且从完美的用词和措辞中唤起读者的情感。数以百计的作家为我们创作了文学杰作,这些作品在学校课程和公共图书馆、床头柜上和枕头下随处可见。但有时候,书不仅仅是精心编织的文字和精心设计的段落。有时会有图像与文字相对应,给读者带来终极体验:将文字和图像缝合在一起,以增强读者的想象力(“我想知道这在现实生活中会是什么样子?”)和好奇心(“就是这样!”)。书是艺术,就像批评达芬奇或马蒂斯的画一样,没有错误的解释或观点。因此,请允许我从封面外和封面内的插图方面,给你们我对青少年小说作为艺术的解释。
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