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I was very attracted to the idea of ??illustrating The Ugly Duckling. Both as a child and as a teenager, I always recognized myself in that story, because I also felt like an ugly duckling. From a very young age I had a hard time fitting in. At one point, I wrote in my journal that I felt ugly, fat, and unappreciated. For me, adolescence was a very complicated and unhappy stage.» Andersen’s story of the ugly duckling, who endures torment and loneliness before becoming a beautiful swan, has resonated with readers since it was first published in 1843. In this beautiful new edition of the classic tale, Abramovi c reinvents the story by adding pencil illustrations that represent, with the expressiveness and strength that characterize it, all the already mythical elements present in the original text. There are those who consider The Ugly Duckling a psychological and spiritual story, a story that contains fundamental truths that every human being must necessarily assimilate, because by not doing so, their entire development as a person will be weak and precarious. “Being ourselves causes us to be exiled by many others. However, complying with what others want causes us to exile ourselves from ourselves.” Clarissa Pinkola on The Ugly Duckling complying with what others want causes us to exile ourselves from ourselves.” Clarissa Pinkola on The Ugly Duckling complying with what others want causes us to exile ourselves from ourselves.” Clarissa Pinkola on The Ugly Duckling