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Yet More of Aesop's Foibles IV: Deeper into the Abyss (Volume 4)
- Title
- en_US Yet More of Aesop's Foibles IV: Deeper into the Abyss (Volume 4)
- en_US AFWR4
- Description
- Rabbi Walter Rothschild
- Creator
- en_US Rothschild, Walter See all items with this value
- Date
- 2023-09-20T15:17:04Z
- 2022-10
- en_US 2022
- Date Available
- 2023-09-20T15:17:04Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 2022
- Abstract
- en_US This fourth volume of presently six begins "Despite many requests, the flow of Foibles has continued to gush unabated (if that is the word) out of the creative organs (some would say the bowels) of their creator." Rothschild's ability to laugh with himself is a chief quality of these works. It strikes me as fitting irony that this page, verso of the title-page and facing page 3 has the page number "30." That introduction, repeating the introduction to Volume 3, has this collection right: "There is something here for everyone to find something they do NOT like but hopefully in between there might be pieces which stimulate curiosity or permit one to look at simple everyday matters in a new light." For this volume, I preselected five stories based on their titles in the opening T of C. "A Frogment of History" (#309) is a happy conglomeration of puns around a reversal: every prince that this princess kisses turns into a frog! Here is one great example: "Her suitors all croaked before they could do anything significant…." (24). I chose #313 and #314 next because they have similar titles: "Word tasting" and "Word Tasting." Unless I am missing something, the T of C has in the former case a simple typo; the story has nothing to do with tasting or the word "tasting." "Word Tasting" (#314) is just that, a delightful experiment in analyzing what it is like to taste physically some key words, including "word" and "tasting." "Dissing Abilities" (#352) questions our need to accommodate all disabilities, with sometimes hilarious results. Moral: "If you've read this far, you probably have no brain. How does it feel?" (115). "The Illegible Bachelor" (#397) is fun start to finish; the happy state of the couple does not lead to a happy ending. The author cannot reveal the couple's names because their entry in the Marriage Register is "Illegible" (219). 230 pages.
- Identifier
- en_US 13245 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US Amazon
- en_US Berlin
- Subject
- Walter Rothschild See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books