A lavish feast for the eyes, this reprint of a 1927 edition contains the original French verses plus new English translations. Witty interpretations of classic fables include "The Cicada and the Ant," "The Crow and the Fox," "City Rat and Country Rat," and other favorites. Enchanting color illustrat[...]
In this wonderful, vigorously contemporary translation, Craig Hill has captured the liveliness, satiric wit, and poetic beauty that made Jean de la Fontaine famous during his lifetime and his Fables celebrated as a masterwork of world literature ever since. Despite la Fontaine s deceptively modest c[...]
Sukella ranskalaisten faabelien ihmeelliseen maailmaan!
Kuvittelepa, että näkisit korpin, jolla on nokassaan valtava juustokimpale. Tai pikkuisen kalan, joka ilmoittaa, ettei missään tapauksessa tahdo tulla syödyksi.
Kaksitoista viehättävää eläinsatuklassikkoa Tii[...]
La Fontaine's verse fables turned the traditional folktales derived from Aesop and a range of Oriental sources into some of the greatest, and best-loved, poetic work in French. His versions of stories such as 'The Hare and the Tortoise' and 'The Wolf and the Lamb' are witty and sophisticated, satiri[...]
The author plumbs the great folklorist's work for tales of greed, envy, avarice, love, old age, and death, with more than 100 beautiful images illustrating each tale. 10,000 first printing.[...]
Inspired new translations of the work of one of the world's greatest fabulists Told in an elegant style, Jean de la Fontaine's (1621-95) charming animal fables depict sly foxes and scheming cats, vain birds and greedy wolves, all of which subtly express his penetrating insights into French society a[...]
Kaikki tuntevat tarinan ketusta, korpista ja juustonpalasta, mutta Jean de La Fontaine (1621-95) tuli tunnetuksi sadoista eläinmaailmaa ja antiikin tarinoita kuvaavista, ilkikurisista ja humoristisista runoistaan. Aarno Salevan laaja suomennosvalikoima avaa 1600-luvun ranskalaisen kirjallisuuden kl[...]