Smon Smon (discounted) - Sonja Danowski Shinsuke Yoshitake translated by Susan Bernofsky /

translated by Susan Bernofsky / ISBN 9780811224246 / small 144-page hardcover from New Directions/Christine Burgin

First published in German in 1967

This edition feature a series of drawings created during the pandemic in a combined analog and digital drawing technique

this classic novel’s wondrous story begins when a young monk living on a sacred Lotus Peak in China succumbs to the temptation of eight fairy maidens

Set in a desolate

Smon Smon (discounted) - Sonja Danowski Shinsuke Yoshitake translated by Susan Bernofsky /Smon Smon by Sonja Danowski ISBN 9780735843073 48 page hardcover, 9. 5 x 12 inches, from NorthSouth Books. Discounted copies with light wear and a remainder dot. A visionary book by this wonderful illustrator. It feels like a throwback to an earlier era of surreal European kids books. *** Society of Illustrators, Original Art, 2018 Batchelder Honor Book recipient, Sonja Danowski, takes us on a journey into a beautiful, mysterious world where