The Mermaid in the Bathtub is a charming, gorgeously retro
retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's classic story "The Little
Mermaid," by beloved Israeli author and illustrator duo Nurit Zarchi and
Rutu Modan.
One day, a resolutely ordinary young man named Mr. Whatwilltheysay
returns home to find Grain-of-Sand, a mermaid, waiting for him in his
favorite armchair. Despite his objections, the two embark on a series of
very watery adventures as he tries to get rid of her. But ultimately the
thought of being seen with half a fish is simply too much for Mr.
Whatwilltheysay to bear--what would people say? So broken-hearted
Grain-of-Sand returns to the sea in his bathtub, leaving Mr.
Whatwilltheysay to resume his pedestrian existence. Mr. Whatwilltheysay
soon finds that his beloved landlubber life, however, lacks the splash
and shimmer (and bathtub) of his good times with Grain-of-Sand--and
acting against all his instincts, he sets off to sea to find her.