Item
Les plus illustres fables d'Ésope
- Title
- en_US Les plus illustres fables d'Ésope
- en_US Ruban d'Or
- Description
- en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
- en_US Language note: French
- Stefania Leonardi Hartley
- Creator
- en_US Hartley, Stefania Leonardi See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Various
- Date
- 2025-05-20T17:10:00Z
- 2023-06
- en_US 2020
- Date Available
- 2025-05-20T17:10:00Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 2020
- Abstract
- en_US Illustrators include Alessandra Fusi, Luca Poli, Laura Sighinolfi, Francesca Pesci, Marga Biazzi, and several combinations of others. There are seventeen fables on 124 large (8½" x 11") pages. This is an international creation, printed in India. Does it not sound like most of the artists come from Italy? Though the illustrations are in varous styles, all are simple and direct. Perhaps typical of the illustrations is this fable that is new to me: "La souris sous le granier à blé" (49-51). The chubby little mouse with his bandana, easy chair, and book in the farmer's grain bin invites in friends and expands his entrance hole. Once the friends are inside, the farmer notices the hole and blocks it up. "He who embraces too much embraces badly." The beggar-grasshopper has "froid et faim" all the way to springtime (63). Another short fable well presented is "The Ass and the Wolf" (96-99). In an unusual conclusion, both mice in TMCM declare that life in the country is better (112). I am always a little surprised to see the French present Aesop rather than La Fontaine, and I am suspicious that their Aesop has been Lafontained.
- Identifier
- en_US 13384 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US fre
- Publisher
- en_US SDP Le Livre Club
- en_US Nimes
- Subject
- Aesop See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection