Between Two Sounds

2018

Writer
Joonas Sildre
Illustrator
Genre
fiction
 
graphic novel
 
comic book
Original
Language
Estonian
Publisher
Arvo Pärdi Keskus
ISBN
9789949887057
Year
2018
Pages
224
Age
16+

Synopsis

Rights sold: German, Lithuanian, Hungarian, English, Finnish, Swedish

Between Two Sounds tells the story behind the music of the world-famous Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. It starts with Pärt’s birth, moves through his youth and the kindling of his love of music, covers his musical education and early years as a composer, and gradually arrives at his retreat from the world as he searched for his own musical voice. The graphic novel also touches upon a universal artistic problem: the inability to fully express oneself through skills or a desired technique. The repression of Pärt’s career under the Soviet regime eventually culminated in his forced emigration to the West.

Translations

Zwischen zwei Tönen

German

Sildre, Sildre, Murmann, 2021 , 224 lk

Két hang között

Hungarian

Sildre, Sildre, Segesdi, 2022 , 224 lk

Tarp dviejĹł garsĹł

Lithuanian

Sildre, Sildre, MickeviÄŤienÄ— (UrbaitÄ—), 2022 , 224 lk

Reading Sample

Joonas Sildre raamatu, Kahe heli vahel, illustratsioon
Joonas Sildre raamatu, Kahe heli vahel, illustratsioon
Joonas Sildre raamatu, Kahe heli vahel, illustratsioon
Joonas Sildre raamatu, Kahe heli vahel, illustratsioon

Awards

2018 25 Best-Designed Estonian Books, special price from Estonian National Library: The Golden Book
2018 Nominee of the Annual Literature Award (free award) of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia
2020 BolognaRagazzi Award, Comics – Young Adult, special mention