Pavonia
French, Antipodes, 2024
This is the story of a young girl who marks the end of a world and the beginning of a new. Between dream and reality, an adventure that will resonate with a certain secret magic that is unique to each of us. It will awaken our fears and desires so that we can recognize them more clearly and get to know ourselves better. This colorful hardback children’s book is aimed at children aged 7 and over. With the strangeness and poetry of fairy tales, it shows the brutal plundering of underwater resources and life, and more generally the impact of human activities on our environment.
- Title
- Pavonia
- Publisher
- Antipodes
- Translation rights
- Claude Pahud, editions@antipodes.ch
- Publication date
- March 2024
- Pages
- 70
- ISBN
- 978-2-88901-253-4
Author
Tito Moccia
During his training in marine biology, Tito Moccia went to the south of France to study parasitic crustaceans. He also practiced sculpture and engraving. He now works as a journalist and author, and spends his time between Bern and Ticino, with his family. Pavonia is his second book, following Astor (Éditions Antipodes, 2021), finalist for the Swiss Children’s Book Prize 2022 and selected for the White Ravens 2022 catalogue.
Photo: © Guillaume Perret
