Item
Jean de La Fontaine: 25 Fables: Bilingual illustrated edition
- Title
- en_US Jean de La Fontaine: 25 Fables: Bilingual illustrated edition
- Description
- en_US Language note: Bilingual: English/French
- A new translation by Christopher Carsten
- Creator
- en_US Carsten, Christopher See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US De Tarragon, Edith
- en_US Edwards, Michael (Preface)
- Date
- 2019-04-09T19:34:32Z
- 2018-10
- en_US 2018
- Date Available
- 2019-04-09T19:34:32Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 2018
- Abstract
- en_US Consult the 2015 version of this book by the same parties, except the visual artist for my comments. My review takes as its keynote Michael Edwards' preface: "He praises its 'unexpected rhymes,' 'snappy turns of phrase in familiar speech,' and occasional updates. He finds the translations 'lively and full of pep' (7-8). I concur with these judgments." About the illustrations I write this: "The present colored tangrams are a clear upgrade. The art ranges from the simpler 'Crow and Fox' to the more complex and suggestive 'Farmer, Dog, and Fox.' As with La Fontaine's texts, there is here in the tangram images always something more to enjoy. A personal favorite is 'Frog and Ox,' in which the frog, framed in a colorful stained glass arrangement, expands and explodes into tangram pieces (27). Unfortunately, three of the 25 fables here are not illustrated." I appreciate Joe Johnson's asking me to review this lively book!
- Identifier
- en_US 11527 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US Librairie Editions Tituli
- en_US Paris
- Subject
- en_US PQ1811.E3C27 2018 See all items with this value
- Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value
- en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books