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Title
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The Fabled Arts
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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This book has a dust jacket (book cover)
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First edition
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Written and illustrated by Norman Kirk II
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Creator
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Kirk, Norman
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Date
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2016-01-25T16:50:08Z
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2001-02
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1975
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T16:50:08Z
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Date Issued
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1975
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Abstract
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This is a large-format book of drawings with a short bit of text to accompany each black-and-white drawing. The text always occupies the left-hand page, the drawing the right-hand page. The use of the word fables for these fifty prose pieces is a stretch. Many of the combinations involve a play on words, either in the title or in the moral. Such is the case with Coin Laundry or A Fluent Society. Perhaps the best combination of text and art in the book is The Blacksmith's Bellows on 18-19. It finishes with this line: The moral of this fable is that a windsome lass will fire any man's hearth. A good example of the word-play is Pour Pitcher on 36-37. The text speaks of a giant pitcher containing pancake batter. The story works around to this finish: The moral of this fable is to watch your pitcher when the batter is up. There is some delightful whimsy in this book, and there is also some good counter-cultural sense. Fisherman's Fantasy (44-45) describes two men who broke into a museum to fish for the dolphin kept in a huge glass bowl. Many of the puns are real groaners, far fetched and not worth the fetching. Grand Central Station (86-7) tells of the construction of a New York train station from one hundred ten-dollar bills. There is some good fun here.
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Identifier
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533016320
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3663 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Vantage Press
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NY
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Subject
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PS3561.I67 F3 1975
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole