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Tremolo
This book is found in a used state in a vintage book store. The text is in german, but the former owner of the book added small labels with english text on top. The labels can be removed if wanted. They are placed with ducktape.
31 pages, Hardcover
First published July 30, 1998
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Tomi Ungerer
303 books186 followersJean-Thomas "Tomi" Ungerer was a French illustrator best known for his erotic and political illustrations as well as children's books.
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
January 10, 2009
Excellent absurd children's story about a musician who is cursed by a Gypsy. All his notes suddenly come out in tangible form (they look like small olives). At first he thinks his life is ruined, but then he discovers how to turn the curse to good use.
The illustrations are definitely not story-book standard - among other things, Ungerer is remarkably interested in exploring different way to draw the female characters' breasts. There's no doubt that he stays on the right side of indecent... he's just found a good way to tease the reader.
Not yet play-tested, will post a new report when I do so.
The illustrations are definitely not story-book standard - among other things, Ungerer is remarkably interested in exploring different way to draw the female characters' breasts. There's no doubt that he stays on the right side of indecent... he's just found a good way to tease the reader.
Not yet play-tested, will post a new report when I do so.
December 4, 2019
Absurd story with bizarre illustrations (lots of ridiculousness, and even a few females drawn in an extremely lewd manner). This is not a story that I would purchase or read to my kids or use in story time. Just no.
March 8, 2021
This may be the best book I've ever read.
March 7, 2024
¿Qué se puede decir de este álbum hippie? Chulada.
January 26, 2026
ES MUUUUY MUUUUY BUEN LIBRO, y siempre me he preguntado a qué sabrán las notitas que tremolo hacia
October 20, 2025
Musik wird in diesem Buch als ein Ding gezeigt, das ordentlich Krach machen kann – und das stimmt zweifellos. Böse Nachbarn können ein Lied davon singen. Solange sie nur an den Wänden klopfen, bleibt alles halbwegs lustig. Richtig turbulent wird es erst, wenn sie die Gabe haben, das Musizieren komplett zu verhindern – dann beginnt das wahre Trommel-Abenteuer!
May 13, 2014
This has a special vintage voice that reminds me of other practised children's authors of this era... Leo Lionni, William Steig and others.
What is it that they have in common? It would be interesting to have the time to put my finger on it... Perhaps a way of relating preposterous events in a very straightforward, unemotional way. Usually in the familiar third person, past tense.
In this case, the illustrations have a really bizarre Ungerishness, with slightly lewd looking females throughout that remind one of his other, erotic or satirical works, and some grotesque elements on pages that kids would love, but that I wouldn't think of drawing for a contemporary picture book. Dad's eyeball bursting forth out of its socket as the TV explodes; Mum's bum being battered and burned with shrapnel from the same; and a very, very weird looking character with facial piercings, orange, peppered eyeballs and an upturned, illuminated lampshade hat down in the bottom right corner of this particular picture who comes from... where? ...apart from Ungerer's imagination.
In fact the entire book tends towards satire. It's bizarrely beautiful in its own way.
What is it that they have in common? It would be interesting to have the time to put my finger on it... Perhaps a way of relating preposterous events in a very straightforward, unemotional way. Usually in the familiar third person, past tense.
In this case, the illustrations have a really bizarre Ungerishness, with slightly lewd looking females throughout that remind one of his other, erotic or satirical works, and some grotesque elements on pages that kids would love, but that I wouldn't think of drawing for a contemporary picture book. Dad's eyeball bursting forth out of its socket as the TV explodes; Mum's bum being battered and burned with shrapnel from the same; and a very, very weird looking character with facial piercings, orange, peppered eyeballs and an upturned, illuminated lampshade hat down in the bottom right corner of this particular picture who comes from... where? ...apart from Ungerer's imagination.
In fact the entire book tends towards satire. It's bizarrely beautiful in its own way.
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