Die Schwiegermutter und das Krokodil: 111 bunte Bilderbogen für alle Land- und Stadtbewohner soweit der Himmel blau ist

Title

en_US Die Schwiegermutter und das Krokodil: 111 bunte Bilderbogen für alle Land- und Stadtbewohner soweit der Himmel blau ist

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: German

en_US Fifth edition

Herausgegeben von Werner Hirte

Creator

en_US Hirte, Werner See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Various

Date

2025-05-20T17:10:19Z

2024-07

en_US 1982

Date Available

2025-05-20T17:10:19Z

Date Issued

en_US 1968

Abstract

en_US We have a copy of this book dated 1970. Here is something worth noticing: I now had the same experience finding this book as I had then. As I wrote then, "I fell in love with this book in my delightful hours back at the Dresdener Antiquariat, but I wondered if I could find a way to justify taking it along. I felt very lucky when I reached 64 and found a page of 'Fabeln.' Each of these fifteen one-picture vignettes is a single rhyming couplet, often a conversation between two characters. The kakadu says 'Listen to me,' but as soon as the nightingale starts to sing, everyone listens to her. The swan says 'Mythology speaks of my song,' and the nightingale answers 'But I sing in reality.' A mouse gets into a granary and says 'This is my territory,' but a cat answers that he is the master in this house. The fox is just declaring that the stronger is the master as he lays hold of a rabbit -- and is shot by a hunter." The combination of text and illustration in these Bilderbogen is delightful. A look across the page from the fables (65) shows some fine illustrations. My prize goes to the bee near the farmer's nose. The title-story (29) is a good example of the book's fun. The Meier Family wins the lottery and has ideas what to do and especially where to go. Mother-in-law carries the day by deciding that they will go to Egypt. A krokodil falls in love with her. When she runs, he tells her to stand still or he will have to use force. She does not, and he does. Love conquers. "Such a fat mother-in-law," he declares, "is a delicacy." The book's colophon does not indicate when the first edition may have come out. Besides being the fifth printing, this copy has a laid-in reprint of pages 107-110, perhaps as an advertisement. The price of this book stayed constant at 34 East German marks!

Identifier

en_US 13566 (Access ID)

uri

https://cdr.creighton.edu/handle/10504/157928

Language

en_US ger

Publisher

en_US Eulenspiegel Verlag

en_US Berlin

Subject

Bilderbogen See all items with this value