Fitcher's Bird [Hardcover]

The Brothers Grimm (Author), Cindy Sherman (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 1992

In this German version of "Bluebeard," the wicked wizard Fitcher kills two sisters for disobeying him and opening a forbidden room in his house, but he is outwitted by their younger sister.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Inventive, provocative tableaux have made Sherman a star among color photographers, but unless the elementary-school set shares a pronounced taste for the decadent, the artist's considerable talents are misdirected here. An adaptation of a tale by the Brothers Grimm, the story has all the gore of its close cousin Bluebeard: a wicked wizard ensnares hapless maidens, subjects them to an impossible test of obedience and then punishes them with a Jeffrey Dahmer-style death. This version adds a number of gothic flourishes: a skull bedecked as the head of a bride, a bride who applies first honey and then feathers to her skin, and the immolation of the wizard in a burning building. Sherman's lighting is characteristically arresting, her colors superbly saturated and her compositions frequently powerful--children, even so, are unlikely to consider her technical virtuosity when presented with her images. The heads of two dismembered dolls commune with each other, surrounded by hands and a foot; the wizard faces the fatal fire, the bared nipple of his breast lit by flames. The successful photographs hint at perversity; the others are simply stagey. Ages 5-9.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Rizzoli; 1st edition (October 15, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0847815676
• ISBN-13: 978-0847815678
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 9.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,003,467 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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