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The Stonecutter: A Japanese Folk Tale Audiobook
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Tasaku is a lowly cutter of stone who longs for power. Scored with authentic Japanese music on the koto.
"A stonecutter's insatiable quest for power is a theme well suited to McDermott's aggressive, highly stylized designs, and the Japanese origin of this version of the "Fisherman and his Wife" idea is acknowledged in the traditional printmaking motifs and architectural forms that are incorporated in his brilliantly colored semi-abstract displays. The pomp of a princely procession, which stirs the envy of a previously contented stonecutter, provides just the occasion for splurge and spectacle that sets off this artist, and later when the stonecutter has himself successively transformed into the sun, a cloud, and a mountain — each form chosen because it is somehow stronger than the last — the elemental forces assert themselves in a series of strong, increasingly ominous scenes that are characterized by a sort of static violence. Another striking performance." ---Kirkus ReviewsDownload and start listening now!
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About Gerald R. McDermott
Gerald McDermott, a Caldecott Medalist, has received international recognition for his illustrated books and animated films. He is highly regarded for his culturally diverse works inspired by traditional African and Japanese folktales, hero tales of the Pueblos, and the archetypal mythology of Egypt, Greece, and Rome. He was awarded a National Scholastic Scholarship to Pratt Institute in Brooklyn while he attended high school in Detroit. Once in New York, he began to produce and direct a series of animated films on mythology in consultation with renowned mythologist Joseph Campbell, and these films became the basis for McDermott’s first picture books. In addition to his books and films, he is primary education program director for the Joseph Campbell Foundation.