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5.0 out of 5 stars
Bravo for Butenko!,
This review is from: How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear: Nonsense Poems (Hardcover)
The above "editorial review" couldn't be more off the mark. Butenko's illustrations are brilliant, a classic of East European modernist design. I love the original Lear illustrations (there would be no Gorey without Lear!) but that doesn't cloud my appreciation of Butenko. In fact, this might be the best "contemporay" Lear available. And I include both Edward Gorey and James Marshall in this category. Do yourself a favor and buy this book before it slips out of print and used copies slowly dry up.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent and challenging examples of nonsense verse,
By Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)
This review is from: How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear: Nonsense Poems (Hardcover)
Nonsense verse done well has a charm unlike anything else. It is generally funny and the best contains subtle meanings that must be plucked from the froth like the best berries from a tangled briar patch. This book can be described using those terms. The illustrations are childlike, yet the verse is very adult. There is talk of going to sea in a sieve.
The names of the three poems are: *) How pleasant to know Mr. Lear *) The jumblies *) The dong with a luminous nose *) The scroobius pip If you want to snicker and be forced to think a bit before you get it, this book is for you. |
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How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear: Nonsense Poems by Edward Lear (Hardcover - Sept. 1994)
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