Everything That Has Been Shall Be Again: The Reincarnation Fables of John Gilgun

Title

en_US Everything That Has Been Shall Be Again: The Reincarnation Fables of John Gilgun

Description

en_US With Nine Wood Engravings by Michael McCurdy

Creator

en_US Gilgun, John See all items with this value

Date

2016-01-25T19:02:09Z

en_US 2001-06

en_US 1981

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:02:09Z

Date Issued

en_US 1981

Abstract

en_US These nine pieces surprised me. Fables might not be the best category for them. They are a delightful exercise in imaginative empathy. The trick is reincarnation: it gets the author inside each of the nine animals. What the reader finds in each case is not really a simple story, but a variety of genres, including fantasy, prayer, reminiscence, monologue, religious apologia, complaint, and diatribe. I found myself saying Wow! to piece after piece. That Michael McCurdy illustrates them is not such a surprise to me, since my reaction is much like that to the other work for which I have his illustrations, Aesop's Forest by Robert Coover (1986). Perhaps the most fascinating piece of all for me is Cow, which turns out to be the reminiscences of Thelma R. Hodge, who lived near Joplin, Missouri. Second place for me goes to Fox, which is the one-sided conversation of a jaded fox with a newspaper-reporter goose named Greta whom he and his brethren are preparing to devour.

Identifier

en_US 0931460131

en_US 3976 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79316

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US The Bieler Press

en_US St. Paul

Subject

en_US PS3557.I353 E93 1981 See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole