Noriko-san
Noriko-san (original title: Eva möter Noriko-san ) is the title of a book by the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren , with photos by Anna Riwkin-Brick . In 1956 the book was published by Rabén & Sjögren . In the same year the Oetinger Verlag published the book in Germany.
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Her mother reads a book about Japan to Eva. Then Eva explains to her that she will travel to Japan the following day. Eva says there is a five-year-old girl there who can play with her. She names the girl Noriko-san. Noriko is looking forward to Eva's visit and puts on her kimono especially for it. The boys' festival is currently being celebrated outside. Noriko is sad that she cannot take part, so her mother promises her that they can organize a festival for the girls for Eva. In return, the mother even allows her to play with the valuable, old dolls. A little later, Noriko's cousins arrive. Just as they are wondering why Eva is not coming, one of them hears a plane. Eva gets out and is met by Noriko. Noriko and Eva exchange their clothes and play together for many days. Eventually Eva has to fly back home to her mother. She says goodbye to Noriko and even speaks Japanese. When her mother asked her why she could speak Japanese, Eva replied that when she was in Japan, she could also speak the language.
background
Noriko-San is the second of a total of 15 books in the Children of Our Earth series . It was Astrid Lindgren's and Anna Riwkin-Brick's first book together. This was followed by a twelve-year collaboration between the two. Riwkin-Brick took the photos in Japan. When she returned from her trip to Stockholm, she showed the photos to Rabén & Sjögren . Astrid Lindgren also worked for this . After an initial refusal, she agreed to describe the text for the photo book. The book is the only book in the series that describes a daydream and no real events.
History of origin
Riwkin Brick met five-year-old Eva Crafoord-Larsen on a plane on a trip to Japan. The two decided to create a photo series. A short time later, Riwkin-Brick had also met the girl Noriko. She encouraged the two children to play together in Noriko's family's garden while she took the photos. Two days later she photographed Eva at the airport.
Documentary from Israel
In Israel, the Children of our Earth series , which also includes Noriko-san , was a great success. The latter was also based on the translations of the poet Leah Goldberg . Noriko-san was the most popular book in the series in Israel. In 2014, Israeli director Dvorit Shargal made a 50-minute documentary entitled Where is Elle-Kari and what happened to Noriko-san? . In this film she first looked for Eva from the book and later, together with her, for Noriko-San .
expenditure
- Eva möter Noriko-san, Rabén & Sjögren , 1956, Swedish edition
- Eva visits Noriko-San, The Macmillan Company, 1957, US edition
- Noriko-San, girl of Japan, Methuen, 1958, British edition
- Noriko-San, Oetinger Verlag, 1956, German edition
literature
- Anna Tellgren (2004): Eva meets NorikoSan and other tales - Anna Riwkin's photo-books for children In: Leif Wigh: Anna Riwkin , Moderna museet, 2004 ISBN 978-91-7100-699-8
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andersen, Jens: Astrid Lindgren - Your Life , Cambria Press, 2014, ISBN 978-3-641-16795-0 limited preview in the Google book search
- ^ Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer: Lost in nostalgia. Images of childhood in photobooks for children. In: Elisabeth Wesseling: Reinventing Childhood Nostalgia: Books, Toys, and Contemporary Media Culture. Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present , Routledge, 2017, ISBN 978-1-317-06846-4 limited preview in Google book search
- ↑ Cultural minorities in childrens literature and verbal culture. .
- ↑ Dov Alfon: Opinion. The Boy Who Taught French Jewish Kids to Love Israel. .
- ↑ Ariana Melamed: לפני שהעולם היה גלובלי .
- ↑ Arne Lapidus: Barnboksvännerna återförenas efter 60 år .