The Golden Droplet
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Author:
Michel Tournier
Year: 1987
Jacket design and illustration: Fred Marcellino
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Edition: First Edition, Hardcover
ISBN: 9780385237598
Comments:
A man named Idris lives in a culture which regards “portrayers” (painters and sculptors) as the purest of evil doers. He finds a jewel, a drop of pure gold, in the sand. He regards it as an antidote to imagery. Fred’s first edition jacket presents the premise with simple eloquence.