What Feelings Do When No Ones Looking Tina Oziewicz Aleksandra Zajac by Tina Oziewicz, Aleksandra Zajac, Jennifer Croft (translation) 9781953861283, 1953861288 instant download after payment.

Curiosity, a lithe & floppy-eared creature, perches above the open world & gazes out with a zippy blend of hope, wonder, & longing. From the tip of a chimney, we bound into the quiet & mischievous world of feelings, meeting a troupe of tufted creatures as we go. 

Sympathy helps snails cross a sidewalk to safety, fear pirouettes in an attempt to camouflage with wallflowers, and pleasure reclines across a doily-donned reading chair, sipping a cup of tea. Elsewhere, our insecurities – pesky, cavorting beings – build intricate cages & stride about with clattering sets of keys. 

Tina Oziewicz’s words hum with truth, & Aleksandra Zajac’s illustrations bloom & burst with charming details like a sail constructed out of a pair of billowing long johns or a red slipper falling from a contented paw. 

Taking in the perfect harmony of this book is like taking a long gulp from a trusty thermos & filling up with warmth. What Feelings Do When No One’s Looking surprises & soothes, inspires us to feel.

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Jennifer Croft won a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship for her novel Amadou, the 2020 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for her illustrated memoir Homesick & the 2018 Man Booker International Prize for her translation from Polish of Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights. She is also the author of Serpientes y escaleras & Notes on Postcards, as well as the translator of Federico Falco’s A Perfect Cemetery, Romina Paula’s August, Pedro Mairal’s The Woman from Uruguay, Olga Tokarczuk’s The Books of Jacob, Sylvia Molloy’s Dislocations, & Sebastián Martínez Daniell’s Two Sherpas. She holds an MFA from the University of Iowa & a PhD from Northwestern University.