Die Schönsten Fabeln

Title

en_US Die Schönsten Fabeln

en_US Insel-Bücherei #2013

Description

en_US Language note: German

en_US Inscribed by Reinhard Michl

Ausgewählt von Matthias Reiner

Creator

en_US Reiner, Matthias See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Michl, Reinhard

Date

2020-01-23T17:39:11Z

2017-08

en_US 2015

Date Available

2020-01-23T17:39:11Z

Date Issued

en_US 2015

Abstract

en_US Here is a second copy of this lovely book, but this copy includes an inscription from the artist along with a cartoon on the second title-page: "Fur Doreen Bunke, herzlich, Reinhard Michl. München im April 2015." The cartoon is of a fox raising a cocktail glass. As I wrote of the other copy, this impressive book presents over fifty fables. About half are from Aesop. The other half favors Thurber and German authors. The covers present a scene that is distinctly contemporary. A crow bartender shakes a martini shaker. Mice, a toad, and an unidentified animal sit at the bar. A chipmunk or squirrel bartender rounds out the scene. The colored illustrations accompanying most fables are strong. Perhaps one of the best is "Die Hasen und die Frösche" (24). GA (40) is also well done, as is TMCM (43-44). The art for texts on one page regularly spill over onto the space of the facing page, as on 54-55. The illustration for Kafka's "Kleine Fabel" on 64-65 is another excellent piece! It turns out that the cover picture is for Thurber's "The Truth about Toads" (72-76). Reiner Kunze's "Das Ende der Fabeln" (84) is the perfect way to end this lovely book. The cock starts twice to create a fable but realizes that the fable will offend either the fox or the farmer. He starts a third time, but…. He looks left, he looks right. Now there is not another fable!

Identifier

en_US 11803 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/125510

Language

en_US ger

Publisher

en_US Insel Verlag

en_US Berlin

Subject

Aesop and others See all items with this value