The tree of ecstasy and unbearable sadness / Matt Ottley.
Publication details: Orange, NSW : Dirt Lane Press, 2021.Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 32 cm + 1 audio disc (12 cm)ISBN:- 9780648023852 (hardback)
- Youth fiction
- Psychoses -- Pictorial works
- Mentally ill -- Pictorial works
- Mental illness -- Pictorial works
- Mentally ill children -- Juvenile fiction
- Mentally ill -- Fiction
- Psychoses -- Fiction
- Mental illness -- Fiction
- Allegories
- Illustrated works
- Mental illness -- Juvenile literature
- Mentally ill -- Juvenile literature
- Psychoses -- Juvenile literature
- Young adult fiction
- Mentally ill -- Juvenile fiction
- Psychoses -- Juvenile fiction
- Mental illness -- Juvenile fiction
- Australian
- A823.4 23
- 616.89 23
- PZ7.O88 T74 2021
- Music credits: composition/orchestration, Matt Ottley ; guest composition, Alf Demasi.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Graphic novels | OTT | Available | 071870 |
Music credits: composition/orchestration, Matt Ottley ; guest composition, Alf Demasi.
Orchestra, Brno Philharmonic Orchestra ; Choir, Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno.
The Tree of Ecstasy & Unbearable Sadness is an allegorical story of a boy's experience of psychosis, with mental illness represented as a fantastical tree whose flowers are ecstasy and whose fruit is unbearable sadness. Stunning drawings and paintings lead the reader through the boy's early discovery of his strangeness, his surrender to the disease (an all-consuming tree), the ensuing psychotic journey, and eventual self-acceptance. The recording of a full orchestral score composed by the author-illustrator will accompany the book, and an international tour is planned.
15+ years old.
