This African Sheherazade, bubbling over with imagination, knows how to bring fresh air into the dusty chambers. But the aim of her tale, a colourful account of her odyssey, is not to amuse, but to save another life ...
A fairy story, masterly created by Adam Jaromir and Pawel Pawlak, "the fulfilled hope of Polish illustration art".

The king gave a sign. The sound of fanfares was heard. The curtain fell. Deathly silence. In front of them stood − for heaven's sake! − something speckled. Something that consisted mainly of legs and a neck. Both − thin as a rake and incredibly long. It stood there and chewed contentedly on a green leaf, chewed and winked with its funny eyes, − behaviour that lead one to assume a friendly nature. No wonder that it didn’t take long to hear from all sides: "Oh, isn't it lovely! So ... so slender, so maroon. And how smooth it is! Just like velvet." The duchess, however, didn't seem in any way happy: "You'll see, that beast will smash our chandelier!" − "Hardly likely", returned the beast in a huff and climbed without thinking, elegantly, with one single stride over the table. "So, here we are. In Paris." − "Good evening, Madame ..." − "Madame Zarafa. My name is Zarafa. To be exact − Zarafa Camelia Leopardia."

Adam Jaromir

At home in Hanover for more than 20 years now, Adam Jaromir escapes the plains of North Germany from time to time in his texts. With Zarafa he creates an African Sheherazade that, bubbling over with imagination, gives a colourful account of her journey: 3.500 miles by land and sea, down the Nile to Alexandria and then across the Mediterranean ...

Pawel Pawlak

Highly esteemed in his native country, for a long time Pawel Pawlak has been regarded abroad as "the fulfilled hope of Polish illustration art". His books, published in France, Great Britain, Canada and South Korea, enjoy growing popularity and have been awarded numerous international prizes.