Drawing From Memory

by Allen Say
741.69 SAY


This is an interesting autobiography of Japanese cartoonist and illustrator Allen Say.  He is written and illustrated several well-known picture books in English.  This book is an autobiographical collage, with photographs, drawings and sketches from both the author-artist as well as the work of his teacher are combined with a straightforward and haunting narrative. Say tells readers about his memories of his early life in Japan. This is not a boring biography. Say gives us just glimpses into his life, but they are powerful images of important moments of a boy's memory--important moments that shape his life as a person and an artist. Sometimes it is not immediately obvious why a particular memory is important, but this only adds to the feeling that this is the story of a real person with a unique history.