El Libro de Oro de las Fábulas

Title

en_US El Libro de Oro de las Fábulas

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: Spanish

en_US Apparent first edition

en_US Edición Verónica Uribe

Creator

en_US Uribe, Verónica

Contributor

en_US Bravo, Constanza

Date

2016-01-25T19:59:20Z

en_US 2010-04

en_US 2004

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:59:20Z

Date Issued

en_US 2004

Abstract

en_US I have known this lovely little book in its English derivative, Little Book of Fables published by Douglas & McIntyre in 2004. I mentioned as I reviewed it that it was first published in Spanish as El Libro de Oro de las Fábulas. Now I have found the Spanish first edition! I repeat some of my comments made there. This book is indeed small (4¾ x 6¼) and presents twenty fables in its 126 pages. Uribe seems to pay attention to the fables; most are very well told. MSA is told in a different version. After father and son carry the donkey, the father gets frustrated, unties the donkey, and puts his son on its back, as he had done when they first left home. This is the way I left home, and this is the way I will continue (58). Unfortunately, Bravo's second illustration does not echo well the written story's way of carrying the donkey. In SS, the lucky donkey who has just loss half of his salt load tells a donkey coming in the opposite direction not to worry about the river; but, alas, this donkey is carrying sponges. He relies on the donkey's advice, ignores his master's directions, and is swept away by the current when his sponges fill up with water (74). The miser here sleeps near his treasure every day (79). In FC, the clever fox begins by getting the proud crow to fly a few circles by telling him that he loves watching him soar through the air (105). The illustration for FC, which is also on the DJ and the cover, gives a good sample of the artistic style. That style is deliberately naïve, featuring elongated limbs and whimsical hats. One of the strongest images shows the lion on the verge of eating the mouse (50). Uribe's closing comment gives the specific source of the fables she presents.

Identifier

en_US 9802572098

en_US 6821 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/82127

Language

en_US spa

Publisher

en_US Ediciones Ekaré

en_US Caracas, Venezuela

Subject

en_US PZ74.2.U74 Lib 2004

en_US Aesop et al

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole