All the Colors of Life
Winner of the 2019 Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize
#1 bestseller
Coffe table book
Warm-hearted and sharp, funny and moving, this highly anticipated book went straight to #1 on the Norwegian bestseller list, a total of 170,000 printed copies in Norway. It was the 9th most selling title in all genres in 2019. The Danish edition was launched March 2020, and already printed in 5 print runs before the end of the year. The German edition was launched fall 2020 and was out of stock after a short period in sales, by December three print runs was ordered.
For the first time since it was first awarded in 1947, a book of illustrations is the winner of the prestigious the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize.
Starred Review! This gorgeous illustrated book sings to every adult’s inner child. It pairs dreamlike art with trilling reminiscences of childhood joys and growing pains, painted in the vibrant colors of the wide, wild world. A girl settles on a stack of books, her world lit up by what they contain; another plays mermaid on the ocean floor. But then the children grow and change; some forget to feel delight. This inquisitive, magical book is perfect for anyone whose sense of wonder may have gone into hibernation.
Foreword Magazine
“All the Colors of Life” is a wonderful and unpretentious book, as a perfect gift to absolutely anyone as a box of chocolates.
Aftenposten
A celebration of life
No one illustrates a person’s fears, hopes and dreams as beautifully as Lisa Aisato. In All the Colors of Life she has collected all her best work; classic illustrations as well as new drawings, and written a gripping text about this life we all have to master. All of life’s phases: love, sorrow, doubt and great joy are portrayed and illustrated in Aisato’s unique style which touches us to our inner most being.
Format: 24cm X 27cm
Lisa Aisato’s previous books in collaboration with various authors, amongst them The Snow Sister written by Maja Lunde and The Girl Who Wanted to Save the Books by Klaus Hagerup, have been published in more than 30 territories.