The Not So Quiet Life of Marcel Marceau
Gorgeous, dreamy, surrealistic illustrations are used to illuminate the early life of famed French Jewish mime Marcel Marceau in this biographical picture book—a story of “brushstrokes and bombs” that is a treasure for children. Young Marcel falls in love with the cinema and unconventional storytelling in a time of war; his family is forced to flee their home, and he loses his father in the Holocaust. His exile and resistance efforts shape the artist he becomes. Marcel is depicted next to his lion alter ego, Bip, throughout—extra flair in a tale that is equal parts heartbreaking and revealing.
Reviewed by
Michelle Anne Schingler
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