Duck, Death and the Tulip [SEP] illustrator
Duck, Death and the Tulip
Duck, Death and the Tulip (German title: "Ente, Tod und Tulpe") is a 2007 children's book by German author and illustrator Wolf Erlbruch. The book, which deals with death and the afterlife, has been translated into various languages, including Dutch and English, and was adapted in animated and movie format.
Synopsis.
The story involves a duck who acquaints a character called Death who, as it turns out, has been following her all her life
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Critical reception.
"The Guardian" called "Duck, Death and the Tulip" (2009), about a duck who finds himself being followed by and then becoming acquainted with death, an "outstanding book": "There is something infinitely tender in the way Death strokes her ruffled feathers into place, lifts her body and places it gently in the river, watching as she drifts off into the