The Wild Geese and Other Russian Fables

Title

en_US The Wild Geese and Other Russian Fables

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Collected by M. Bulatov. Translated by V. de S. Pinto

Creator

en_US Bulatov, M.A.

Contributor

en_US Vasnetzov, Y.

Date

2016-01-25T16:49:11Z

en_US 1998-04

en_US 1943

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:49:11Z

Date Issued

en_US 1943

Abstract

en_US This large-format (8½ x 11) book gets a great deal onto one page! There are eighteen stories on 72 pages, with some eleven full-page colored illustrations, four black-and-white full-page illustrations, and about nineteen less-than-full-page illustrations. The stories are principally folk tales with a good measure of magic, and a frequent dynamic in them is that of the story which presents the same action several times over. Thus, in the very last story, The Hare, the Fox and the Cock, the fox takes over the hare's home. First some dogs agree to get the fox out, only to be frightened by him. The same happens with an ox. Finally a cock volunteers to get the fox out, but the hare now believes that he cannot do it. The cock does--in fact cuts him to pieces with a scythe! There are also several nursery rhymes. The closest in fact to fables are two: The Crane and the Heron (36) and The Cat and the Fox (47). The former keep asking each other to marry, only to be refused; they never do agree on it at the same time. Together the latter, who have married each other, convince all sorts of animals that the cat, Prince Kattophy, is to be feared. Of all the stories and illustrations, I like The Animals in Winter Quarters (38) best. Also good is the illustration (49) for The Cat and the Fox. The extra copy has seen rough handling since 1943, though its texts and illustrations are still fine. Its covers are creased and bent, and the inside rear cover is torn along the crease. Because the color placement is poor on at least two of the illustrations in the good copy (33 and 40), I will keep both copies in the collection. Extra copy for $3 from Heathfield Books, Holt, Norfolk, UK, through ABE, April, '00.

Identifier

en_US 3482 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78851

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Transatlantic Arts Ltd.

en_US New York

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.B867 Wi 1943

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole