Do you really know the story of the little mermaid?
“I who speak to you, I have passed from life to death, from water to air and back again, I know what happens when the hourglass of time is turned over. I count and count again, holding my breath to dive. One, two, three, all the way to sixty. Dive with me. Let a new tale flow into your ears. Let my words flow like water through your gills and breathe through my voice.”
Did you know that the little mermaid came from the Folgoden islands? That it was she who saved the princess of the kingdom of mute women? A retelling full of grace and shifts on Andersen’s tale, beautifully illustrated by Vincent Boudgourd.