19 fables de roi lion

Title

en_US 19 fables de roi lion

en_US Castor Poche #90

Description

en_US Language note: French

en_US Jean Muzi

Creator

en_US Franquin, Gérard See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Franquin, Gérard

Date

2016-01-25T19:50:04Z

en_US 2005-08

en_US 2000

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:50:04Z

Date Issued

en_US 1984

Abstract

en_US Muzi introduces this book as following upon his book of nineteen fables of Renard. He remarks that the fables collected here do not follow the traditional image of the lion as successful tyrant. In fact, he hopes that these fables help overcome the abuse of power, while entertaining their readers. Several of these fables are familiar, including four from Kalila and Dimna, one from Aesop, and one from La Fontaine. This collection represents a broad spectrum of countries of origin. There is a T of C at the back, on 105. Several fables are new to me. In the first, a famished hyena challenges the lion and says that she is stronger than he. They go out and hunt together. Three times the lion kills, and both feed. The lion asks the hyena now to back up her claim. She admits that hunger made her say senseless things. Now that she has eaten, she has become sensible again, and she acknowledges that the lion is the strongest. In the second fable, a lion tries to set three water buffaloes against each other, as in a standard Aesop fable about bulls. But in this case, the three recover their friendship in time and ambush the lion that had threatened their friendship. The black-and-white illustrations of this handy little volume, one to a fable, are simple and well done.

Identifier

en_US 9782081617995

en_US 6003 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81421

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Castor Poche Flammarion

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PZ24.2.M89 Dixn 1984 See all items with this value

en_US Collection See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole