獲IBBY波蘭分會2019年「年度圖書」獎提名
瑪麗安娜·奧克雷亞克是獲認可且屢獲獎項的插畫家和音樂愛好者，她創作了此有關當代流行音樂的獨特專輯， 128 頁的大版面作品呈現出 20 世紀中各不同音樂風格的卓越人物。
當中有流行文化偶像，如：大衛·鮑伊、碧玉、王子（他正從封面上瞧著我們）等人， 諾貝爾獎得主鮑勃·迪倫與切斯瓦夫·涅門（Czesław Niemen）二人並列且望向我們，全頁面的披頭四呈現的是該樂團所引發的轟動，來自利物浦的四人穿過一見到他們即興奮到快昏倒的女歌迷間，伊基·波（Iggy Pop）從舞台上躍入歌迷群中，貓王（Elvis Presley）則以獨有姿勢融化女性的心。
瑪麗安娜·奧克雷亞克成功地以一致的形式將豐富的風格、角色和性格納入， 以鮮明色彩展現音樂世界的多樣性。 筆下的線條準確勾勒出我們從音樂錄影帶、海報、音樂會中所認識人物的面部表情、手勢和性格。 她機智、帶諷刺性，有時也對這些音樂人持保留態度，然而始終帶著好感。 她創造了卓越、特立獨行且具非凡魅力的音樂人的真正盛會，成為 20 世紀的巨大迪斯科舞廳。
該作品是引人入勝的手冊， 簡潔的記事肯定能吸引年輕讀者，此外還穿插許多趣聞軼事、人人皆耳熟能詳的歌曲片段和副歌等。頁面下方標記了樂團或歌者活躍期的時間軸，獨創形式與詼諧的文字相結合，很能鼓勵年輕人去探索和發現。特別為青少年讀者設計的狗、雪貂和兔子是三名奇特的評論員， 他們時而補充敘述，時而開開玩笑，玩心大發。 音樂將人們連結在一起，且讓我們連結起來！ (M.L.G.)
瑪麗安娜·奧克雷亞克：華沙美術學院平面造型設計系畢業，繪畫並設計書籍、海報和專輯封面，也懂縫紉。 她的插圖已獲諸多獎項和榮譽，並在波蘭國內外的展覽中展出。
《一起來演奏吧！ 從小理查到碧玉的音樂冒險》，瑪麗安娜·奧克雷亞克，愛格蒙特出版社（Egmont），華沙 2019。
Selected samples
She climbed her first peaks in a headscarf at a time when women in the mountains were treated by climbers as an additional backpack. It was with her that female alpinism began! She gained recognition in a spectacular way. The path was considered a crossing for madmen. Especially since the tragic accident in 1929, preserved … Continue reading “Halina”
First, Marysia, a student of an exclusive private school in Warsaw’s Mokotów district, dies under the wheels of a train. Her teacher, Elżbieta, tries to find out what really happened. She starts a private investigation only soon to perish herself. But her body disappears, and the only people who have seen anything are Gniewomir, a … Continue reading “Wound”
A young girl, Regina Wieczorek, was found dead on the beach. She was nineteen years old and had no enemies. Fortunately, the culprit was quickly found. At least, that’s what the militia think. Meanwhile, one day in November, Jan Kowalski appears at the police station. He claims to have killed not only Regina but also … Continue reading “Penance”
The year is 1922. A dangerous time of breakthrough. In the Eastern Borderlands of the Republic of Poland, Bolshevik gangs sow terror, leaving behind the corpses of men and disgraced women. A ruthless secret intelligence race takes place between the Lviv-Warsaw-Free City of Gdańsk line. Lviv investigator Edward Popielski, called Łysy (“Hairless”), receives an offer … Continue reading “A Girl with Four Fingers”
This question is closely related to the next one, namely: if any goal exists, does life lead us to that goal in an orderly manner? In other words, is everything that happens to us just a set of chaotic events that, combined together, do not form a whole? To understand how the concept of providence … Continue reading “Order and Love”
The work of Józef Łobodowski (1909-1988) – a remarkable poet, prose writer, and translator, who spent most of his life in exile – is slowly being revived in Poland. Łobodowski’s brilliant three- volume novel, composed on an epic scale, concerns the fate of families and orphans unmoored by the Bolshevik Revolution and civil war and … Continue reading “Ukrainian Trilogy: Thickets, The Settlement, The Way Back”
