New York Fables

Title

en_US New York Fables

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Original language: pol

en_US Andrzej Czeczot; Translated by Michael Kott

Creator

en_US Czeczot, Andrzej See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Czeczot, Andrzej

en_US Foreword by Paul Davis

Date

2016-01-25T19:50:04Z

en_US 2005-08

en_US 1990

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:50:04Z

Date Issued

en_US 1990

Abstract

en_US This is a strange, weird, captivating book. I read it all the way through. It is a cartoon parody-history of New York City. The cartoons are full-page landscape black-and-white illustrations; these are large, since the book is 12 x 9. Paul Davis' foreword rightly speaks of a slyly surreal, overwhelmingly humane imagination. The first chapter, Indian Summer, presents the first two inhabitants. They built the Hut of Man, and ever since then this island has been known as Manhattan. Where Are You From? is a favorite chapter of mine. Its first illustration uses maps as the background design from which the chests and heads of two people are formed. I find it very clever! Czeczot gives a delightful chapter to the birth of the subway. Here one can see a shark using the subway going through the East River. Uptown is another favorite. Do not miss the cartoon of the new Adam and Eve in their penthouse. Eve, older but in a bikini, is about to accept the apple from the serpent. These are not fables, but they are fun! This copy includes a small yellow pamphlet with the original Polish texts for each of the chapters.

Identifier

en_US 8385061045

en_US 6001 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81419

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Verba

en_US Chotomów, Poland

Subject

en_US PG7162.Z357 N413 1990 See all items with this value

en_US Andrzej Czeczot See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole