Les Fables de La Fontaine Dynamitées!

Title

en_US Les Fables de La Fontaine Dynamitées!

Description

en_US Language note: French

Alexandre Jardin

Creator

en_US Jardin, Alexandre See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Multier, Fred

Date

2022-11-07T16:12:37Z

2022-06

en_US 2020

Date Available

2022-11-07T16:12:37Z

Date Issued

en_US 2020

Abstract

en_US Those of us wondering if the creators of this work really mean "blown up!" get our answer on the back cover with its prominent word "BOUM!!!" Ten fables are offered, as the beginning T of C shows, but now with different titles like "La course folle"; "Bataille dans la savane"; and "La star international." Right after each title, we see La Fontaine's traditional verse fable, but then a prose story begins on the one part of the page, with an accompanying illustration stretching across the rest of the two page spread. In TH, the tortoise accepts the challenge because her five children like surprises. The hare diverts from the course to watch a film, "Les Aventures du Super-Lapin!" The tortoise's children cheer her on all the way, while the hare stops to do some dancing with friends. Only after all this activity does the hare enjoy a siesta. The fable is true to La Fontaine but expanded in its detail. So it goes in the other nine fables. GA features a wannabee chanteuse and an ant who works as a night guard in a big department store. The grasshopper gets a job in the store but prefers singing to working and quits work and becomes a street singer. She is a hit and ants come to see her perform in concert. But of course winter comes. The grasshopper finds herself begging the ant to come into the store to get warm. In a twist not in La Fontaine, the ant relents: "Allez, pour cet hiver, je vous accueille. Mais faites attention l'année prochaine!" Perrette swings her breakable jug of milk around, even while she is enjoying dancing in an amusement park. These are engaging developments of the traditional fables. The illustrations keep pace with the lively narrative. Of all the delightful artist's treats to accompany these exploded tales, perhaps the disguised wolf lurking around young animals (103) is best. 149 pages. 7" x 10¼".

Identifier

en_US 13030 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/139207

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Gautier-Langereau/Hachette Livre

en_US Vanves, France

Subject

Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value