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Titolo: Amphigorey: Fifteen Books by Edward Gorey
Autore:Edward Gorey
Anno: 1972
Editore: Penguin
Pagine: 192
Descrizione:
The title of this deliciously creepy collection of Gorey's work stems from the word amphigory, meaning a nonsense verse or composition. As always, Gorey's painstakingly cross- hatched pen and ink drawings are perfectly suited to his oddball verse and prose. The first book of 15, "The Unstrung Harp," describes the writing process of novelist Mr. Clavius Frederick Earbrass: "He must be mad to go on enduring the unexquisite agony of writing when it all turns out drivel." In "The Listing Attic," you'll find a set of quirky limericks such as "A certain young man, it was noted, / Went about in the heat thickly coated; / He said, 'You may scoff, / But I shan't take it off; / Underneath I am horribly bloated.' "
Many of Gorey's tales involve untimely deaths and dreadful mishaps, but much like tragic Irish ballads with their perky rhythms and melodies, they come off as strangely lighthearted. "The Gashlycrumb Tinies," for example, begins like this: "A is for AMY who fell down the stairs, B is for BASIL assaulted by bears," and so on. An eccentric, funny book for either the uninitiated or diehard Gorey fans.
AMazon
Sono racchiuse in questa prima raccolta (esistono anche Amphigorey Too, Amphigorey Also e Amphigorey Again) sono racchiuse 15 storie, pubblicate tra il 1953 e il 1965 da questo genio assoluto che è Gorey. Macabro, inquietante e gotico, tetro e raffinato... Io lo adoro anche se è sempre stato difficile trovare suo materiale, dato che ovviamente in Italia non esiste niente. Non credo esistano traduzioni, perché i suoi giochetti, filastrocche e rime sono assurdi e intraducibili... Del resto fatico anche io a seguirle, usa una miriade di parole a me ignote, costruzioni arcaiche e simili, è davvero troppo divertente.
Alcune scene sono davvero disturbanti... così grottesche!! Anche se spesso sdrammatizzate da particolari bizzarri, tipo abbigliamento anni '20 con un paio di All Stars!
Le storie raccolte in questo primo volume sono:
The Unstrung Harp, 1953
The Listing Attic, 1954
The Doubtful Guest, 1957
The Object Lesson, 1958
The Bug Book, 1959
The Fatal Lozenge: An Alphabet, 1960
The Hapless Child, 1961
The Curious Sofa: A Pornographic Tale by Ogdred Weary, 1961
The Willowdale Handcar: Or, the Return of the Black Doll, 1962
The Vinegar Works: Three Volumes of Moral Instruction 1963
-The Gashlycrumb Tinies
-The Insect God
-The West Wing
The Wuggly Ump 1963
The Sinking Spell, 1964
The Remembered Visit: A Story Taken from Life, 1965
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