La Fontaine: 20 Fables Illustrées par Feuilloley
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La Fontaine, Jean de
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2011
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Here is an unusual book of La Fontaine's fables! The cover presents a naked anthropomorphic monkey sitting on a similarly naked anthropomorphic leopard and pointing to his brain. Neither wears clothes, except that the leopard wears a leopardskin necktie over his human skin. Wow! This cover is a warning that there are unusual things coming! Phlippe Bressois' preamble finds Feuilloley seizing the "thought, the sense, the essence of each story." No décor. No clothes. No attributes. Feuilloley reduces the characters to their essence and so expresses the rich and complex realities behind these "remarks." Feuilloley replaces thought with image and so presents an immediate perception of each fable's idea. So far Bressois in a stirring essay for some stirring artistry! Of the 20 fables, five are offered in color, including the cover's fable. Others strip the reality bare even more thoroughly in black and white. Strongest among these for me are "The Peacock Complaining to Juno"; "The Cat and the Fox"; and TH. This is a thoroughly stimulating book! Each fable gets a page of text and a page of illustration. 9" x 10½". How did I miss this book in my trips to Paris?
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Éditions Belize
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