Die Schiffbrüchigen oder Die Fabelinsel

Title

en_US Die Schiffbrüchigen oder Die Fabelinsel

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Language note: German

en_US Erste Auflage

en_US James Krüss

Creator

en_US Krüss, Kames

Contributor

en_US Binder, Eberhard

Date

2016-01-25T20:05:06Z

en_US 2006-08

en_US 1984

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:05:06Z

Date Issued

en_US 1984

Abstract

en_US This is a delightful book. I am happy to see that it is dedicated to Klaus Doderer. He deserves it! The supposition here is a shipwreck leaving people stranded on an island. To pass the time, they decide to tell fables. The book becomes a tour de force of variations on the fable theme, often organized by time measurements. Thus there are seven fable for seven days of the week, ten fables for our ten fingers, twenty-six fables for the letters of the alphabet, and fifty-two fables for the weeks of the year. The T of C on 143-44 shows these groups of fables, the first a set of seven from a dove cornered by an eagle. She tries a Scheherezade stratagem: she will tell him stories while she uses her tail-feathers to widen an opening behind her to freedom. Her first fable is good: 112 spiders should not have written a thank-you letter to the artist that had let his house get overrun. Spinnendank macht Menschen keine Ehre (15). Next comes Der Sängerkrieg der Heidehasen, an allegedly old fable presented here in ten cantos. Next is a group of twelve fables. Still to come are a Fable-Abc and a Fable-Calendar. For those wanting a fast start in the book, try a few entries from the last portion. Door and Window (133) is a good example. Proud window says to door People can see through me. The door slams shut, and the window shatters. Now people can also go through the window! Take that, proud window! The colored illustrations show spirit and delight. Do not miss the decoration in the book's cloth cover underneath the dust jacket. It is lovely too!

Identifier

en_US 7374 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/82644

Language

en_US ger

Publisher

en_US Der Kinderbuchverlag

en_US Berlin

Subject

en_US PT1356 .K78 1984

en_US Aesop et al

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole