Sound of Colors (book)

Sound of Colors

Author	Jimmy Liao
Original title	地下鐵
Translator	Sarah L. Thomson (2006)
Country	Taiwan
Language	Chinese
Genre	children's picture book
Published	2001, Locus Publishing

Sound of Colors
Traditional Chinese	地下鐵
Simplified Chinese	地下铁
Literal meaning	Underground Railway
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dì Xià Tiě

Sound of Colors is a 2001 Taiwanese children's picture book written and illustrated by Jimmy Liao. The Chinese title means "subway", and the book follows a blind girl's imaginations as she rides the city's rapid transit. The book was translated to English by Sarah L. Thomson and published in 2006 as The Sound of Colors.

Reception

Publishers Weekly wrote the book "offers a meditation on blindness that will stay with readers long after they have closed the paper-over-board book".

Translations

• English: The Sound of Colors: A Journey of the Imagination. Translated by Sarah L. Thomson. Little, Brown and Company. 2006.
• Japanese: Chikatetsu (地下鉄). Translated by Noriko Housako. Shogakukan. 2002.
• Korean: Jihacheol (지하철). Translated by Baek Eun-young. Samtoh Publishing. 2004.
• Thai: Nai čhai klai kūa sāitā (ในใจ...ไกลกว่าสายตา). Translated by Prathumphō̜n Tangkunthawat. Nanmee Books. 2004.
• Spanish: El sonido de los colores. Translated by Jordi Ainaud i Escudero. Barbara Fiore Editora. 2008.
• French: Le son des couleurs. Translated by Stéphane Levêque. Bayard Jeunesse. 2009.
• Italian: La voce dei colori. Translated by Silvia Torchio. Edizioni Gruppo Abele. 2011.
• Polish: Dźwięki kolorów. Translated by Katarzyna Sarek. Officyna. 2012.
• Dutch: De klank van kleuren: een reis van de verbeelding. Translated by Elske Kampen. Eduforce. 2013.
• Vietnamese: Âm thanh của sắc màu. Translated by Nguyễn Lệ Chi. Kim Đồng Publishing House. 2014.

Adaptations

• Sound of Colors, a 2003 film directed by Joe Ma, starring Miriam Yeung, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Dong Jie and Chang Chen
• Sound of Colors, a 2006 TV series directed by Zhang Min, starring Ruby Lin, Wallace Huo, Hao Lei and Huang Meng