Les plus illustres fables d'Ésope
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Hartley, Stefania Leonardi
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2020
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Illustrators include Alessandra Fusi, Luca Poli, Laura Sighinolfi, Francesca Pesci, Marga Biazzi, and several combinations of others. There are seventeen fables on 124 large (8½" x 11") pages. This is an international creation, printed in India. Does it not sound like most of the artists come from Italy? Though the illustrations are in varous styles, all are simple and direct. Perhaps typical of the illustrations is this fable that is new to me: "La souris sous le granier à blé" (49-51). The chubby little mouse with his bandana, easy chair, and book in the farmer's grain bin invites in friends and expands his entrance hole. Once the friends are inside, the farmer notices the hole and blocks it up. "He who embraces too much embraces badly." The beggar-grasshopper has "froid et faim" all the way to springtime (63). Another short fable well presented is "The Ass and the Wolf" (96-99). In an unusual conclusion, both mice in TMCM declare that life in the country is better (112). I am always a little surprised to see the French present Aesop rather than La Fontaine, and I am suspicious that their Aesop has been Lafontained.
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SDP Le Livre Club
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13384 (Access ID)