Freaky Fables by Handelsman, from the pages of Punch

Title

en_US Freaky Fables by Handelsman, from the pages of Punch

Description

en_US J.B. Handelsman

Creator

en_US Handelsman, J. B See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Handelsman, J.B.

en_US Introduced by Alan Coren

Date

2016-01-25T16:48:48Z

en_US 2000-06

en_US 1979

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:48:48Z

Date Issued

en_US 1979

Abstract

en_US This is the book I had hoped for when I first found Handelsman's 1984 St. Martin's Press offering of the same title. It is full of delightful parodies of traditional Aesopic fables. In fact, only a few of the offerings fall outside the realm of fable. Among the best, I think, are Truth in Exile (where it seems that truth herself is caught in a lie); BW (dutiful wolves answer to the call, even though it is Sunday); The Crow Who Had a Go (getting a bunch of wool turns out to be great luck!); FG (which centers on the grapes, who are bitter about being sour); and MSA (Moral: You can please everyone, but it's time-consuming). The pamphlet, 64 pages in length, is landscape rather than portrait, 5¾ x 8¼.

Identifier

en_US 0722142242 (pbk)

en_US 3419 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78794

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Sphere Books Ltd.

en_US London

Subject

en_US NC1479.H28 A4 1979 See all items with this value

en_US Parody See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole