Schwänke im Vivarium: Fabeln und Parabeln

Title

en_US Schwänke im Vivarium: Fabeln und Parabeln

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: German

en_US Hans Zulliger

Creator

en_US Zulliger, Hans

Date

2016-01-25T19:58:53Z

en_US 2009-08

en_US 1959

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:58:53Z

Date Issued

en_US 1959

Abstract

en_US This beautifully produced little book of 51 pages was an unnumerierte Sonderauflage für die Freunde des Verlages und der Buchhandlung at Christmas, 1959. An opening T of C gathers the stories into seven categories. These are good Schwänke, I think, though some stretch a little beyond my German. Typical might be Ideale on 13. The jay cries out The noblest characteristic is silence. The elster, who has just stolen a golden ring, cries out that it is rather honesty. Nonsense, says the rabbit; Courage is and remains noblest -- and runs off into the woods. Idiots! bleats the goat. Peacefulness is the best. Who will contradict me? A treetrunk nearby comments Every animal thinks that the highest and noblest is exactly what he lacks! The goat responds by saying I will not argue with you; you are too dumb for me to compete with! Avocatus diavolus (sic) on 21 shows how the mistletoe working its way into the apple tree declared to the apple: You are right to defend yourself against neighboring trees that try to outreach you and take away your sunshine. They even attack your roots. All this time, the mistletoe was sucking the best juice out of the apple tree, so that it ended up dying. Many of these pieces work off of contrasts of size, I think, like the fly who encounters the stag running for cover into the wheatfield (11). She asks him why he is hiding and hears that he saw a rifle fire in the nearby bushes. Ridiculous! answers the fly. What would you do if you heard a fly-swatter swishing?

Identifier

en_US 6731 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/82044

Language

en_US ger

Publisher

en_US Verlag Hans Huber

en_US Bern

Subject

en_US PT2653.U4 S3 1959

en_US Hans Zulliger

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole