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Title
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Onion Soup and other fables
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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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R.O. Blechman
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Creator
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Blechman, R.O.
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Contributor
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Blechman, R.O.
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Date
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2016-01-25T16:30:25Z
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1999-09
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1964
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T16:30:25Z
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Date Issued
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1964
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Abstract
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I think the title story is indeed a fable, perhaps the one true fable in the book. Its point is well given: Too many broths spoil the cook. At one good moment in the story, customers who have overstretched the cook find in their soups, respectively, a hair and a hare! Many of the stories work toward a good parody-punch line. A Russian and an American meet each other and look in vain for the tail and the horns that will show that the other is a devil. They leave believing that the other is indeed the devil, but in disguise. Moral: Seek and ye shall find. Narcissus meets a lovely young girl, but causes her to run away when he finds her aggressive. He then goes back to being sorry for himself. Moral: You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can fool yourself all of the time. Perfect! This book is about a ten-minute read, and I enjoy it.
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Identifier
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3261 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Odyssey Press
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New York
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Subject
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NC1429.B62 A52 1964
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R.O. Blechman
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Title Page Scanned
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Type
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Book, Whole