Mad World

A mouse chasing a cat, a polar bear in the jungle, a hare shooting a huntsman, a man who retrieves a stick for his dog, a bank director taking alms from a punk, a baby feeding his/her mum – here’s an upside-down world that Atak depicts with glee.

“No-o-o! That’s not true!” – There’s few things that little children will enjoy more than catching grown-ups telling fibs. It may take them some time, because they have to stop and think in order to decide whether what they’re told is true or false. Discarding what’s obviously wrong, that’s how they find out about what’s right. It’s the big animals chasing the small ones, not the other way round. The dog must obey its master, and the rich should give to the poor – that’s the proper way. Once the children have „done“ the whole book, they’ve learnt quite a lot, playing. And they’ll carry on playing the game, inventing their own funny fibs along the way. It’s a time-honoured children’s game, Atak’s just given it a new twist, using lots of classic tall stories, and adding a few new ones as well. And the children will never forget his pictures painted in vivid colours. Nor will many a grown-up, you bet.

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