jimmy:picture books for adults
迷宫般的城市，习惯看相同的景物，走相同的路线，到达相同的目的地；习惯让人的生活不再变化；习惯让人有种莫名的安全感，却又有种莫名的寂寞。而你永远不知道，你的习
惯会让你错过什么。
《向左走，向右走》，一个发生在城市—— 只可能发生在城市的、关于追寻的故事。作者以一种淡淡的、幽默的笔调缓缓述说，在故事情节与画面中制造城市生活中的种种“巧合”，让人在阅读时感到既熟悉又惊讶，不自觉地发出会心一笑⋯⋯
artists and authors use many different ways to talk about society; manywrite novels, while others paint pictures. an artist in taipei has found adifferent way to talk about life, people, and the problems we all face. hisname is jimmy liao, and he creates illustrated books.
jimmy is both an illustrator and an author. he draws all of thecolorful pictures in his books and writes all of the storylines. his smallpaperback books usually have only one or two lines of text per page, therest being filled by his cute, simple drawings. simplicity is one ofjimmy’s strong points; he doesn’t lose the reader in complex plots ordialogues.
jimmy’s books speak to readers about the ups and downs of living inthe modern world. one of his most popular stories, turning left,turning right, tells of a short romance between a couple that live nextto each other. the lonely pair meet one day in the park and immediatelyfall in love. when they leave each other at the end of a fun-filled day,they exchange telephone numbers, but the rain causes the numbers tobecome illegible. they are unable to contact each other, and soon returnto their lonely lives.
sad, right? don’t start crying yet; there’s a catch to the story. yousee, this man and woman actually live in the samebuilding! the problem is, when they leave theirapartments, one always turns to the left, while the otheralways turns to the right. the result is that they never realize they areneighbors. the lesson of the story? life is in the details: things that seemsmall and insignificant can actually turn out to be important. and this isanother of jimmy’s talents: he shows his readers how the “little things”in life are often more important than we realize.