The Blue Bird

About this book

Two children set out to find the blue bird of happiness, travelling through lands where memories, night and the future take living form. They meet extraordinary figures, yet the answer keeps slipping just beyond reach.

Maurice Maeterlinck's symbolic play gives abstract ideas the immediacy of a fairy tale. Its world is filled with beautiful discoveries and small disappointments, and its central question becomes more complicated with every destination. The story has inspired remarkable theatrical and illustrated editions, but its quietest moments often linger longest.