New Fables Written and Illustrated by Dalt Wonk

Title

en_US New Fables Written and Illustrated by Dalt Wonk

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Signed

en_US Written and Illustrated by Dalt Wonk

Creator

en_US Wonk, Dalt

Contributor

en_US Wonk, Dalt

Date

2016-01-25T19:02:09Z

en_US 1998-01

en_US 1997

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:02:09Z

Date Issued

en_US 1997

Abstract

en_US This book is a real surprise to me. I bought it over two years ago and have not had the chance to read and catalogue it. It is wonderful! The whole is done with care. The care starts with the cover of hand-made cotton paper from Guatemala, graced with a smaller image of The Swan and the Rooster and sewn together on the outside. There is an almost Biercian ultra-realism about the fables, well expressed in their morals. These ten animal/vegetable fables follow a standard formula on the four pages dedicated to each. A pasted-in painting and the title are on the first page in each case. There follow two pages of verse, nicely calligraphed. The last page finishes the verse narrative and adds a small painting and, beneath it, a moral. The first fable, The Root and the Flower, represents the group well. The former, the old cleaning-lady with a mop-head that looks like tree roots, cleans up in the brothel in which the latter, Jasmine, is the high-priced star. One night a moth comes and destroys the latter. The former rejoices to learn of it and makes a comment that I cannot write here. The moral: The misfortune of those we envy seems like justice. Touché! Among the best starting images are The Pig and the Vulture and The Minnow and the Pike. Only right-hand pages are used. Enjoying this work makes me want to find Wonk's French Quarter Fables.

Identifier

en_US 3978 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79318

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Copyright by the author

en_US New Orleans, LA

Subject

en_US PS3573.O584 N49 1997

en_US Dalt Wonk

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole