Fablio the Magician: The Lion and the Gnat, Adapted from La Fontaine's Fable

Title

en_US Fablio the Magician: The Lion and the Gnat, Adapted from La Fontaine's Fable

en_US Fablio series #2

en_US FabEng2

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Text from a film by Georges de la Grandière

Creator

en_US De la Grandière, Georges See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Ludo

Date

2016-01-25T15:37:58Z

en_US 2014-05

en_US 1969

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:37:58Z

Date Issued

en_US 1969

Abstract

en_US Here is an English version of original French work. I now have all six of the six books in the English series, four in the French, and one in German. The story starts with Mr Buzz, a mosquito enjoying springtime. He is due for a final rehearsal of a symphonic orchestra that he directs. His rehearsal is distracted by one musician playing flat and a cleaning lady doing her chores. Maestro Buzz seems to make his own posters and post them himself for the upcoming performance. Everybody comes except (and now we finally approach the fable) the lion, who is off camping for the weekend. The fable then proceeds as it does in La Fontaine. The English may struggle a bit. This mosquito likes to surprise his audience, so now he appears suddenly from the flies like a helicopter landing on a terrace…. Might that be on the fly? The text has been converted to English, but the illustrations have not. One of Mr. Buzz's posters advertises Maestro Bzz. That was his name in the French edition. I cannot make sense of the English moral, either in the body of the work or in the closing presentation of the text of the fable. La Fontaine has qu'aux grands périls tel a pu se soustraire, / Qui périt pour la moindre affaire. Spector translates from great perils one may well escape, / Only to die in the slightest scrape. That makes more sense to me. The cartoon pictures are evidently movie stills. This book has been in a musty basement too long!

Identifier

en_US 10117 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76106

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US R.L. Cavallere Ltd., London

en_US London

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.D353 Li 1969 See all items with this value

en_US La Fontaine See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole