Weird Contemporary Fables

Title

en_US Weird Contemporary Fables

Description

en_US Second printing

en_US By Alvin Fixler

Creator

en_US Fixler, Alvin

Date

2016-01-25T19:54:51Z

en_US 2007-07

en_US 2008

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:54:51Z

Date Issued

en_US 2008

Abstract

en_US Here are 197 pages of fables that last about a page apiece. The beginning T of C takes more than three pages. There is nothing but fables here. I read the first eight or so. Some are curious. Are some angry? The best work by a surprising shift of categories. An artist who has sold a piece of bogus art with no picture answers a complaint by viewing the hung picture and saying that it has been hung upside down (Artist, 5). There are rather frequent typos. The back cover's fable is a good choice. A hissing cockroach has trouble hissing. He rattles, whistles, clicks, and groans. He goes to the doctor and has an expensive surgery. He gets rid of the rattling, whistling, clicking, and groaning. Unfortunately, he also got rid of the hissing. One of the book's idiosyncrasies is that any fable continuing onto the following page has its title repeated as the beginning of the first line with (CONTINUED) added. Weird may be the best depiction of these little vignettes. This copy, Jeanette Hilton noticed as she catalogued it for the library, is missing pages 198-219, and 197 presents only the left two-thirds of its page's material! I called the publisher. Finding out who really publishes a digitally reproduced book is not easy! After about three calls, I was able to order another copy for the reduced price of $16.96. The original price had been $17.96. I fear that digital publishing, when it means copying old books, may bring a whole raft of new problems! I have created a separate listing without these last few remarks for that integral copy.

Identifier

en_US 9781425161163

en_US 6495 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81818

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Trafford Publishing

en_US Victoria, BC, Canada

Subject

en_US PN982.F58 2008b

en_US Alvin Fixler

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole