From Aesop's Stories (Japanese)

Title

en_US From Aesop's Stories (Japanese)

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: Japanese

en_US Original language: ger

en_US Gabriel Faerno and Batista Mantovano, translated by D. Giovan-Grisosotomo Trombelli

Creator

en_US Watts, Bernadette See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Bernadette

Date

2016-01-25T16:18:01Z

en_US 1996-07

en_US 1990

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:18:01Z

Date Issued

en_US 1990

Abstract

en_US Twenty fables presented in two styles, sometimes both used effectively on one fable: pastel full-color pages and black-and-white pen-and-ink drawings. The Larks and the Farmer is one such case of effective juxtaposition. This book turned out to be a kind of Anno's Aesop for me. I took four of the stories to my neighbor, Rafael Sakurai. It turns out that I focussed on the wrong elements of the art in all four: the hare in a beautiful scene of harvesting has escaped the pursuing dog; the dog in a bedroom has a bell around his neck because he has been bad and therefore does better staying at home; the two beavers are enjoying life after the storm that has spared the reed but blown over the tree; and the girl and the stork really do not have much to do with the argument between the rose and the amaranth. Boy, was I off! The black-and-whites, including the new set included on the back cover, are often more effective than the colored illustrations. Would both the cock and the jewel end up on top of a large heap of hay? I am surprised I have not run into the German original, but delighted to run into such nice work here at last!

Identifier

en_US 4890138382

en_US 2492 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78032

Language

en_US jpn

Publisher

en_US Nishimura Shoten

en_US Niigata City

Subject

en_US PA3855.J3 Y34 1990 See all items with this value

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole