{"id":1109,"date":"2022-04-10T12:21:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T16:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2022-04-10T12:26:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T16:26:47","slug":"the-villagers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/the-villagers","title":{"rendered":"The Villagers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Villagers<\/em> by Caroline Golden and Derek Owens
9.25\u201dx6.375\u201d; hardcover book with dust jacket; 2022. Courtesy of the artist and author.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Villagers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Art by Caroline Golden
Fables by Derek Owens<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A master of disguise tries to seduce the sun, a horticultural club tours a dream-garden, a fishwife is serenaded by a severed head, a lunar king appeals to the people of earth one last time. These are a few of the characters you\u2019ll meet in this collection of 37 tales, each conjured by Derek Owens in response to the surreal art of Caroline Golden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Golden was inspired by the “supporting cast” in fairytales and fables. She writes, \u201cAs a child, I was always curious about the rarely mentioned characters residing within those magical spaces; what untold stories might they have to share?\u201d As an artist, she painstakingly brought them to life in a series of hand-cut collaged portraits titled “The Villagers”. These characters sat hidden in a drawer until, in the peculiar liminal space created by the COVID-19 pandemic, author and artist Derek Owens chanced upon some of them via Instagram. He approached Golden with the idea of writing in response to them, and she agreed. Owens writes, \u201cI\u2019d study one of her Villagers before going to bed, or before taking an afternoon nap and then, upon waking, start scribbling the fables sprouting from her fanciful characters.\u201d And so, The Villagers<\/em>, a unique collaborative work, was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Creature<\/em>, from “The Villagers” Series by Caroline Golden
14″x10″; paper collage, antique book cover mounted on museum board; 2009. Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You are formally invited to enter this enchanted everwhen: an eclectic gallery of whimsical souls; a chorus of voices fanciful, dark, and strange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Text adapted from the publisher’s press materials<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABOUT THE BOOK<\/strong>
The Villagers<\/em>
Art by Caroline Golden
Fables by Derek Owens
147 pages; hardcover
9.25\u201dx6.375\u201d
ISBN: 978-1-7365167-6-8
$35.95 USD
Animal Heart Press<\/a>, Spring 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purchase the book from the publisher HERE<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Art by Caroline Golden, Fables by Derek Owens
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