Die Knotenlöserin

Come, Knot Solver, come knots - big, small, tight, loose... the Knot Solver knows them all. And so do we. Because who hasn’t had something get tangled and twisted, knotted and mangled? (And not just headphone cables.) Not every knot untangles on its own; some are tightly secured, not moving, no matter how long you fiddle with them. That’s when you need the Knot Solver, who comes to town, sits down in the middle of a square, takes her time for everyone, and patiently untangles and unwinds the mess. It’s an image for the Virgin Mary that the two DIXI Children’s Literature Prize winners, Lena Raubaum and Clara Frühwirth, draw upon in their debut work. With strong, poetic language and an exciting mix of concrete and interpretive illustration, they present a character.