Internationally award-winning writer Heinz Janisch and celebrated illustrator Wolf Erlbruch give you extremely short stories of a little king in a big world. "Buzz off," said the king, shooing the bee from his flower. "Don't you know I'm the king?" "And I'm the queen," said the bee, stinging the king's nose. These stunningly illustrated, ultra-short stories are seemingly simple but ultimately profound tales. In each story, the king has an encounter which he tries to rule over. But of course the rain doesn't stop just because a king orders it, and tired eyelids can be much stronger than a king's will. The king sees that his power has limits; the world is diverse and much of it operates under its own rules.

 

There are 48 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 2016 by Gecko Press .

Heinz Janisch was born in Austria in 1960 and studied German literature in Vienna. He has published numerous books, including children's books, that have been translated into more than twelve languages. He was nominated for the Lindgren Memorial Award for 2009 and the Andersen award for 2010. In 2008, he received the Austrian picture book award. He lives in Vienna. Aljoscha Blau was born in 1972 in St. Petersburg and has been living in Germany since 1990. He studied art in Hamburg, has received several awards and has exhibited his works in Paris, New York, Hamburg and Bologna. He lives in Berlin with his wife and two children.