Surreal images of a snake dog and other fantastical creatures float past the reader in this bizarre book. There are Japanese influences in the illustrations, and some contain recognizable objects (like a telephone), but I am completely perplexed about how they are related or what the story is about.
From the letter on the inside back cover, translated by Google Translate: "The book about snake dog is a wordless pictorial odyssey through a bizarre and poetic universe: first, there is only a green ball, and out of it comes snake dog. He goes out into the world, hovers through strange spaces with rooting umbrellas, flower wallpapers, and caravans . . . The quantity of souvenirs . . . grows, and when he finally arrives at a place where there is another snake dog, the loveliest dance is presented."
Slangehund [Snakedog] by Helle Vibeke Jensen. Denmark: Kobenhavn Host, 2007. [9788763806473]
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