Violet Rockweiler and the Monster Botany, children's book, 40 pages, 20x20 cm
In June, 2015, I mentioned how I did the
translations for the first edition of Felix Pestemer's excellent graphic novel,
Polvo: Day of the Dead, and the later expanded edition, The Dust of the Ancestors.
Pestemer has also produced a variety of extremely unique children's books with
decidedly odd stories, including this one, Violet
Rockweiler and the Monster Botany, which he co-wrote with Maria Guitart
Ferrer.
The German edition of the book was
published privately and can be read (for free) online here.
The English-language translation, I regret
to say, has seemingly fallen into a void: even now, eight years
later, it has yet to see the light of day — a fate that happens rarely, but is
not unknown (I would say that, on average, once every
two years one print or online project seems to simply disappear after the client has paid all invoices).
The plot of Violet
Rockweiler and the Monster Botany, rewritten from the description found on Felix
Pestemer's website:
"Violeta Rockweiler is crazy about stink plum pudding. It's just bad luck
that a plum pit gets stuck in her throat. When she finally manages to swallow
it, it ends up in her third stomach. That's where monsters store a
super-nutritious mixture for meagre times. A little while later, the plum pit
takes root and twigs start growing out of Violeta's ears... Violet finds out that living with a plum tree rooted inside
her isn't easy. However, there is one plus side: she's released from school. Her
previously mocking schoolmates are suddenly pretty envious…"
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