Fireflies: Illustrated in Black and White - Paperback

by Alberta Hutchinson (Illustrator), Rabindranath Tagore (Author)

Fireflies is a collection of brief poems by Rabindranath Tagore, the famed Indian poet and recipient of the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature. In the words of the poet, "Fireflies had their origin in China and Japan where thoughts were very often claimed from me in my handwriting on fans and pieces of silk." In this treasured volume, all 253 poems of Fireflies are beautifully illustrated in black and white by prolific artist, designer and author, Alberta Hutchinson. Hutchinson also designed 253 different and unique decorative borders to frame each illustrated poem to enhance its mood and energy.