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Diamonds
Mama, if I was to dig a hole in our garden, would I find a diamond? No, darling, there are no diamonds here. Where are diamonds, then? Oh, in other countries. In Africa for example . . . A powerful parable that explores how the desire for endless riches perpetuates chains of inequality and corruption.
36 pages, Hardcover
Published December 1, 2020
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August 31, 2020
As expected, Armin Greder has contributed another challenging and visually unsettling picture book to challenge the reader's preconceptions and acceptance of everyday practices to make us question the ethics underpinning them. This time, the diamond industry is place under the microscope with the appalling conditions still rampant in many diamond mines, the black market and the blind ignorance and carelessness of those who can afford to buy the gems.
the illustrations, in dark and brooding colours, tragically and evocatively capture the essence of this story. A lengthy concluding commentary at the end targets older readers and would benefit from some editing.
IT is hard to rate this as 'like' is not an accurate representation of the unsettling nature of Greder's work - but it is powerful!
Mature readers.
the illustrations, in dark and brooding colours, tragically and evocatively capture the essence of this story. A lengthy concluding commentary at the end targets older readers and would benefit from some editing.
IT is hard to rate this as 'like' is not an accurate representation of the unsettling nature of Greder's work - but it is powerful!
Mature readers.
September 13, 2021
show this to your kids if you wanna traumatise them early
July 5, 2021
Armin Greder has long had the ability to cut to the truth of our worldly society and expose, through word and image, the uncomfortable secrets that lie beneath the surface of the planet and beneath the surface of our minds. In Diamonds, a conversation between a young child and her mother on the source of these precious stones leads to a visual storytelling that reveals the terrible truth behind their origins and the price paid for their 'forever' beauty.
Again, this is a story of poverty and wealth and of the suffering of the poor to feed the rich. As with The Mediterranean, this is a story of 'chains' of human bondage and suffering for the pockets and amusement of the rich. Greder begins the story as a dialogue between an ignorant child and their mother which then leads us to a wordless, uncomfortable overview of the source of her mother's diamond earrings.
A raw, honest overview of the very worst of our society and humanity and probably more important than ever.
Again, this is a story of poverty and wealth and of the suffering of the poor to feed the rich. As with The Mediterranean, this is a story of 'chains' of human bondage and suffering for the pockets and amusement of the rich. Greder begins the story as a dialogue between an ignorant child and their mother which then leads us to a wordless, uncomfortable overview of the source of her mother's diamond earrings.
A raw, honest overview of the very worst of our society and humanity and probably more important than ever.
September 3, 2025
Wow.
That was a gut punch.
It starts gently with a conversation and descends into wordless / speechless black and white images of the atrocities associated with diamond mining.
A must read
That was a gut punch.
It starts gently with a conversation and descends into wordless / speechless black and white images of the atrocities associated with diamond mining.
A must read
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