Snapdragon

Cover Snapdragon
Cover Snapdragon
© Kat Leyh / Reprodukt 2023

SnapdragonbyKat Leyh

Translation: Matthias Wieland

Reprodukt

Reading Extract

Black hat, black coat, eye patch - is how the old woman from the house on the edge of the forest wanders through the neighbourhood. She's a witch - obviously. A witch who looks after helpless animals. Snap befriends her because she too has a heart for animals. And the girl gets to know the woman from a completely different angle: At home she wears a colourful t-shirt, flowered shorts and crocs. So, not a witch after all? But then why all the jars with animal skeletons lining the shelves? Kat Leyh has drawn a magical coming-of-age story in "Snapdragon". It's about true friendship, stubborn people and their stubborn expectations. And it's about families that don't fit the regular mold at all and yet seem happy. Rarely have queer worlds been portrayed as lovingly as Kat Leyh has presented them in "Snapdragon".