This is a beautiful book with stunning art and a touching story, but I can't get over the ending. If I re-read this one, there is a point about 3/4 of the way through where I will stop and consider the story done. The ending is very poignant and real (which is an odd thing to say about a book which has a library inside of a whale) and I was not at all ready for it. ( )

https://nwhyte.livejournal.com/3782794.html

I previously read and enjoyed Judith Vanistendael's De maagd and de neger; here she is the artist, Zidrou is the writer, and they have produced a lovely and moving short story about a whale who contains an entire library, and the marine postman who makes friends with her. The Willy Vandersteen jury described it as "F***ing accessible" which seems to me a slightly strange but not inaccurate description. Once the English translation comes out, get it for your younger friends or relatives and enjoy it with them ( )