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Description for The Gloomster
Hardback. A set of dark depictions of misanthropic misery. Translator(s): Donaldson, Julia. Num Pages: 48 pages, chiefly col. ill. BIC Classification: WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 166.
Music depresses me. Dancing distresses me. Everything turns out wrong. That's why, the whole day long, I feel so gloomy. Inspired by Ludwig Bechstein's nineteenth-century poem, Axel Scheffler has created a set of delightfully dark depictions of misanthropic misery. Julia Donaldson, Axel's collaborator on The Gruffalo, has penned a wry, witty new translation of the original German. The result is a triumph of negativity, in the macabre yet merry spirit of the late, great Edward Gorey. Superbly miserable, brilliantly curmudgeonly and oddly cheering, gloominess ... Read more
Music depresses me. Dancing distresses me. Everything turns out wrong. That's why, the whole day long, I feel so gloomy. Inspired by Ludwig Bechstein's nineteenth-century poem, Axel Scheffler has created a set of delightfully dark depictions of misanthropic misery. Julia Donaldson, Axel's collaborator on The Gruffalo, has penned a wry, witty new translation of the original German. The result is a triumph of negativity, in the macabre yet merry spirit of the late, great Edward Gorey. Superbly miserable, brilliantly curmudgeonly and oddly cheering, gloominess ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
48
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
48
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571274246
SKU
V9780571274246
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Ref
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About Axel Scheffler
Axel Scheffler has achieved worldwide acclaim for his illustration. The Gruffalo, published in 1999, has become a modern classic, selling more than 2 million copies worldwide and translated into more than twenty languages. He is the author of many other award-winning titles, including The Gruffalo's Child, Monkey Puzzle, Room on the Broom, The Snail and the Whale and Tiddler. An ... Read more
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