Jazyâa the noisy , Catherine Gendrin,
Degans Claire (ill.), Ed Didier Jeunesse, 2010.
From 8 years.
About twenty kilometers east of Oran in Algeria, lies the small village of Kristel.
Everything is calm, peaceful ... apparently. Because it is also said that night of storm, a female figure stands on the rock and pushes Derdaza his cry of revolt.
Jazyâa is a young independent girl with a fiery temperament. Hungry for freedom, but supervised by her brother, she met a young English fisherman whom she falls madly in love. A tale rooted in 17th century Algeria, where Muslim and Christian communities lived together, which has a very contemporary resonance. The tragic story of an impossible love. A strong text and committed to the emancipation of women, rare in the youth production.
The acrylic paintings of Claire Degans are breathtaking, they appear with force and in full detail page in a book to very large format (27 x 36 cm). You'll quickly see that this story is about love but also the jealousy of the brother "Djamal" the weight of tradition, religion, cowardice human beings ... Jazyâa is an unconventional woman, free and sensual. She was expecting a child who left Pedro.
The end of the story is really tragic, our heroine desperate suicide is the only alternative she could find against the entrapment and madness of men. The album is sensitive, a rare beauty, the story is well organized, exciting and moving. the afterword to the origin of the tale tells us that Catherine Grendin imagined this story following a stay on the coast of Kristel in a village, where a friend has forwarded this story combining fiction and popular beliefs.
Excerpt: "Since , this rock is called Derdaza, what can be translated as" one who makes noise by tapping the foot " "The rowdy." Sailors Kristel also tell that night of storm, a female figure stands on that rock. And beyond the din of the sea, you can hear the long wail furiously. It Jazyâa, the rowdy, who offers his cry of rebellion and freedom to waves, wind and sky . "
Catherine Gendrin is a storyteller, children's author.
His site: http://www.clair-de-lune.net/gendrin/
Degans Claire is an illustrator, born in Montpellier in 1977, she studied with arts and aesthetics in his hometown and then in Paris. Since 2002, she devoted herself entirely to painting, illustration and printmaking, alternating exhibitions and publications of books for youth. She was awarded the "Octagon" for Tales chills (Flies France, 2004).
His website: http://www.clairedegans.com
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