Fables

Abstract

I had this edition before and will add my earlier remarks below. This copy is different in that it has the signed inscription from Anouilh to Jean Martinelli. Here is Anouilh's fable edition in all its glory from its original publisher, still in print. There are forty-seven fables here, but I am still waiting for someone to help me read them, either in English or French! See my comments on the paperback edition of 1962/73/85. The gold-embossed cloth cover is splendid! So are Malclès' illustrations. They generally include an opening design and a closing tail-piece. Sometimes, especially in longer fables, a third illustration appears in the course of the fable. Do not miss the dog urinating on a memorial wreath at the close of L'enterrement (17)! Do not miss the fun either of the astronomer who gets mixed up and takes the naked bottoms of swimmers to be planets (111).