Item
The Ark in the Garden: Fables for Our Times
- Title
- en_US The Ark in the Garden: Fables for Our Times
- Description
- en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
- en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)
- en_US Collected by Alberto Manguel
- Creator
- en_US Manguel, Alberto See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Blitt, Barry
- Date
- 2016-01-25T16:29:21Z
- en_US 2000-01
- en_US 1998
- Date Available
- 2016-01-25T16:29:21Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1998
- Abstract
- en_US There are six fine satirical works in this collection. A Christmas Lorac by Margaret Atwood stands Dickens on his head in a chilling reversal. The Ark in the Garden by Timothy Findley is a fine redoing of James Thurber's The Unicorn in the Garden. Come, Said the Eagle by Neil Bissoondath is a strong feminist story about a family's incomprehension of its one woman. The Axe and the Trees by Jane Urquhart may be closest to a fable. The axe destroys the forest for profit, and ultimately destroys itself. From Plus-Fours to Minus-Fours by Rohinton Mistry I found whimsical but alienating. A society of kite-flyers and mountain-climbers becomes dominated by golfers. The Banana Wars by Yves Beauchemin (translated by Alberto Manguel) takes us through several phases of domination by Big Foot monkeys over Long Hand monkeys, complete with two successive dictators. The writing and art are both lively. I am happy to have another book that is specifically Canadian in the collection.
- Identifier
- en_US 155199030X (bound)
- en_US 3012 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US Distributed in the U.S. by General Distribution Services
- en_US Buffalo
- Subject
- en_US PR9197.35.P64 A65 1998 See all items with this value
- en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value
- Type
- en_US Book, Whole
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books