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Loading... The Gashlycrumb Tiniesby Edward Gorey
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Absolutely best alphabet book ever, of course, not for very small children but I suspect older kids will love it. :) (  ) TheDivineOomba | Oct 21, 2009 |  This is a small, dark gem. Morbid, macabre and yet not coldhearted. The poem is simple (in all but the occasional choice of a wonderfully obscure word, the Gorey trademark) but memorable, and the illustrations show great technical skill coupled with a sharp eye for arrangements. Can anyone look at Neville and not feel his bottomless (and apparently quite fatal) ennui in their heart? Not for everyone, though... (  ) Haltiamieli | Aug 13, 2009 | Interesting yet disturbing. That is all I can say. (  ) faith42love | May 30, 2009 | Many people's first Gorey. And what better introduction could there be? thmazing | Feb 16, 2009 | So much awesome packed into such a tiny space! ( )1  SmangosBubbles | Jan 21, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0151003084, Hardcover)"A is for Amy who fell down the stairs. B is for Basil assaulted by bears. 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. (For those who wish to share the gloom there's a 10-copy assortment with The Curious Sofa.)(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:16 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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