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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simple story, complex illustrations
I've had this book for many, many years, and I'm always struck by the simplicity of the story and the complexity of the illustrations. The lovely black dog in the story is an unsung hero who saves a baby floating away in the rain. I named my black lab Bruno after the dog in this story. Many of Edward Gorey's stories are too adult or too black for children...
Published on August 31, 2004 by tzefirah
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2 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Joy for any one who likes rain, umbrellas and small towns.
In this book we spend one Thursday in a small English town where, ofcoarse, it is raining. People stand with umbrellas in the streets, lose their umbrellas, go to buy umbrellas and visit neighbours homes to borrow umbrellas. The pictures are very light, but EG makes up for this by making atleast one object in each scene solid black.
Published on September 18, 1999
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simple story, complex illustrations,
By tzefirah "tzefirah" (Media, PA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sopping Thursday (Paperback)
I've had this book for many, many years, and I'm always struck by the simplicity of the story and the complexity of the illustrations. The lovely black dog in the story is an unsung hero who saves a baby floating away in the rain. I named my black lab Bruno after the dog in this story.
Many of Edward Gorey's stories are too adult or too black for children. But if your child is thoughtful and imaginative, I would recommend this one. This is a must for Gorey collectors. And for the one person in the universe who doesn't know this, Gorey began the beautiful black and white illustrations used on Public Television's Mystery series (he didn't finish them because he died).
2 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Joy for any one who likes rain, umbrellas and small towns.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Sopping Thursday (Paperback)
In this book we spend one Thursday in a small English town where, ofcoarse, it is raining. People stand with umbrellas in the streets, lose their umbrellas, go to buy umbrellas and visit neighbours homes to borrow umbrellas. The pictures are very light, but EG makes up for this by making atleast one object in each scene solid black.
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The Sopping Thursday by Edward Gorey (Hardcover - Jan. 2008)
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