The Gashlycrumb Tinies
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.86 (780 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0151003084 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 64 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Justine J. said Dark yet cute. This is a very original and beautifully crafted alphabet book. It is a bit dark, but extremely poetic and playful.My previous roommate had this book for her son, Dylan, and this was one of the kid's favorite books. (He was Dark yet cute This is a very original and beautifully crafted alphabet book. It is a bit dark, but extremely poetic and playful.My previous roommate had this book for her son, Dylan, and this was one of the kid's favorite books. (He was 3-Dark yet cute Justine J. This is a very original and beautifully crafted alphabet book. It is a bit dark, but extremely poetic and playful.My previous roommate had this book for her son, Dylan, and this was one of the kid's favorite books. (He was 3-4 when I lived with them). Dylan always asked his mom to read thi. when I lived with them). Dylan always asked his mom to read thi. -Dark yet cute Justine J. This is a very original and beautifully crafted alphabet book. It is a bit dark, but extremely poetic and playful.My previous roommate had this book for her son, Dylan, and this was one of the kid's favorite books. (He was 3-4 when I lived with them). Dylan always asked his mom to read thi. when I lived with them). Dylan always asked his mom to read thi. A Deliciously Ghoulish Abecedarius The aptly named author Edward Gorey has delighted three generations of my family. The kids I know all enjoyed this abecedarius with each letter of the alphabet standing for the name of a child and each child meeting his or her demise in a variety of grisly, illustrated ways: "Y is for Yorr. AWESOMELY CREEPY BOOK! LOOKED HIGH and LOW for this weird book I found a long time ago- I Got it, and LOVE IT _ THANKS SO MUCH for those of us that like dark, creepy stuff. GET TIS BOOK!
A new, small-format edition of one of Edward Gorey’s “dark masterpieces of surreal morality” (Vanity Fair): a witty, disquieting journey through the alphabet.
"A is for Amy who fell down the stairs. (For those who wish to share the gloom there's a 10-copy assortment with The Curious Sofa.) . C is for Clara who wasted away. D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh" The rhyming couplets of this grim abecedarian are familiar, of course, to devotees of macabre humor, but the darkly crosshatched drawings are (as Poe put it) "the soul of the plot." Several years went by during which The Gashlycrumb Tinies: Or, After the Outing was not available in a small hardcover edition like this one, which is the true format for Edward Gorey's specialty, the adult picture book. B is for Basil assaulted by bears
Edward Gorey (1925-2000) wrote and illustrated such popular books as The Doubtful Guest, The Gashlycrumb Tinies, and The Headless Bust. He was also a very successful set and costume designer, earning a Tony Award for his Broadway production of Edward Gorey's Dracula. Animated sequences of his work have introduced the PBS series Mystery! since 1980.