In this frightening book, corner-to-corner pictures are black, white, and grey, except for the neon orange tiger and the corresponding insert for the photo frame where it initially resides. The colors combined with the sequence of images are exceptionally eerie. Visual clues indicate that the man is on his way to a safari after receiving a postcard of a tiger. He puts the postcard into an otherwise empty frame, admires himself in the mirror, then collects his suitcases and canteen and leaves. The tiger sits, then stands, looks around, and walks out of the picture! Creepy partial representations of other safari animals appear from the right corner of the page as the tiger stalks around. He approaches the mirror and growls while the man, who is now holding a gun, appears in the picture frame.
The White Ravens 2011 catalog says "Mello . . . reveals his affection for animals, sharing with readers an unbiased vision of the wild - both in moral and aesthetic terms."
Wild [Selvagem] by Roger Mello. Brazil: Global, 2010. [9788526014763]
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