Fabeln aus aller Welt

Title

en_US Fabeln aus aller Welt

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: German

en_US Erste Auflage

Creator

en_US No Author See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Teich, Karsten

en_US Schönfeldt, Sybil Gräfin (Foreword)

Date

2016-01-25T20:20:45Z

en_US 2012-08

en_US 2012

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:20:45Z

Date Issued

en_US 2012

Abstract

en_US This is an impressive large-format book. It contains 110 fables. Impressive is the care at the book's end to list them in a T of C and an AI. There follows on 188 a list of sources, first for the fables whose authors are known and then for the fables whose authors are unknown. Finally there is a brief description of each of the known authors. These pages are done nicely in several colors. The book is impressive in its breadth of authors and sources and in its illustrations. Let me mention some of the best illustrations: the frightened hare about to commit suicide on 28-29; swan, pike, and crab pulling in different directions from different places on the pages (76-77); the anthropomorphic horse on 132-33 who has to carry the dead ass' burden and skin; and FC's artist (172-3). Among the briefest fables is Ein Vergleich by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (41), in which a molehill addresses a volcano, asking why he plays out his inner struggles before the whole world. I have my own struggles, but who ever saw me spew out fire? Novalis' Das Pferd with its poignant illustration raises the question of the price of enslavement (43). Grillparzer's Diplomatischer Rat makes a good point and is well illustrated (48-49). The marten asks the fox how to get hold of chickens. Use force! He uses force and drives the chickens right to the fox! A clever story, new to me, is attributed to Ivan Krylov: Warum das Schwein weinte (156), accompanied by another good illustration. People keep using Schwein as a put-down word, and the pig finally breaks down and cries. A little ass in the barn is sympathetic and asks why he is crying. He hears the whole story and then responds Ja, das ist wirklich eine Schweinerei! The last fable is presented as a Nachwort: I take it to be a challenging reflection on compassion, again accompanied by a strong illustration.

Identifier

en_US 8694 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/83908

Publisher

en_US Tulipan Verlag

en_US Berlin

Subject

en_US Ovr PZ34.2.F344 2012 See all items with this value

en_US Aesop and others See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole