Onion Soup and other fables

Title

en_US Onion Soup and other fables

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US R.O. Blechman

Creator

en_US Blechman, R.O. See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Blechman, R.O.

Date

2016-01-25T16:30:25Z

en_US 1999-09

en_US 1964

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:30:25Z

Date Issued

en_US 1964

Abstract

en_US I think the title story is indeed a fable, perhaps the one true fable in the book. Its point is well given: Too many broths spoil the cook. At one good moment in the story, customers who have overstretched the cook find in their soups, respectively, a hair and a hare! Many of the stories work toward a good parody-punch line. A Russian and an American meet each other and look in vain for the tail and the horns that will show that the other is a devil. They leave believing that the other is indeed the devil, but in disguise. Moral: Seek and ye shall find. Narcissus meets a lovely young girl, but causes her to run away when he finds her aggressive. He then goes back to being sorry for himself. Moral: You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can fool yourself all of the time. Perfect! This book is about a ten-minute read, and I enjoy it.

Identifier

en_US 3261 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78646

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Odyssey Press

en_US New York

Subject

en_US NC1429.B62 A52 1964 See all items with this value

en_US R.O. Blechman See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole