With this type of multi-format storytelling, Chopsticks is the start of a new way to write books, perfect for such a technology driven time. Through the app the reader gets added videos, as well as additional images that create an even more intimate view of the book. There are several layers, not only to the story but also to the books, as there is an interactive digital version for the computer and iPad.
At times I was frustrated, but I kept going back with the promise of finding something new. It is just as if you were watching someone’s life you never get the whole meaning at once and sometimes things will always be hidden.
There are clues in each image and photo, in each text message and note, but you have to decipher the meaning behind it all. The ending of Glory and Frank’s journey is left up to the reader to decide. Now you may think you figure all that out right away, but I found you have to read through the book several times before parts of it start to click. Glory and Frank find each other, connecting in a way that transcends the ordinary, working to balance the madness that threatens to consume Glory. But after the death of her mother, Glory starts to break down, dissolving further and further until all she can play is “Chopsticks.” During this time, a young artist named Frank moves in next door with his family. Starting at a young age, she plays for hundreds, and is the next “wiz kid” of the classical world.
It is the characters that make the plot evolve. A visual feast, the reader is drawn in so deep you’ll feel as if you lived in the book.
By Jessica Anthony and illustrated by Rodrigo CorralĬhopsticks Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony & Rodrigo Corral told a story of beauty, fear, love, and madness all framed through photographs, images, and objects with the text being there to simply add another layer.
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