Coco Blignaut (1 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Xlibris Corporation [Published date: 2009]. Hardcover, [46] pp (unpaginated); illustrated throughout with vivid full-color photo-collages, combining photography, digital montage, and mixed-media imagery; 28 cm. In very good condition. Glossy pictorial paper over boards have light bumping to edges and corners with a small nick and creasing to the top corner of the front cover. Light overall scuffing to covers as well. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. An original illustrated story set in 1970s South Africa, based on a true childhood event. It follows a six-year-old tomboy named Pixie who, after losing her beloved blankie in a traumatic incident, embarks on a fantastical journey through dreamlike collages of African landscapes and cultural scenes. Blignaut blends surreal imagery with autobiographical narration, using layered digital compositions and hand-cut photographic elements to evoke memory, loss, and imagination. The book includes a "Cast of Characters" featuring Pixie, her family, and South African actors representing Xhosa and Bantu villagers. Visual motifs mix 1970s household items, township markets, trains, and celestial dreamscapes.