Amphigorey Again
This latest collection displays in glorious abundance the offbeat characters and droll humor of Edward Gorey. Figbash is acrobatic, topiaries are tragic, hippopotami are admonitory, and galoshes are remorseful in this celebra- tion of a unique talent that never fails to delight, amuse, and confound. Amphigorey Again contains previously uncollected work and two unpublished stories—"The Izzard Book," a quirky riff on the letter Z , and "La Malle Saignante," a bilingual homage to early...
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This latest collection displays in glorious abundance the offbeat characters and droll humor of Edward Gorey. Figbash is acrobatic, topiaries are tragic, hippopotami are admonitory, and galoshes are remorseful in this celebra- tion of a unique talent that never fails to delight, amuse, and confound. Amphigorey Again contains previously uncollected work and two unpublished stories—"The Izzard Book," a quirky riff on the letter Z , and "La Malle Saignante," a bilingual homage to early French silent serial movies. Rough sketches and unfin- ished panels show an ironic and singular mind at work.Los Angeles Times Book Review"Although it's his drawings that hold us--the theatrical poses, the bespoke furniture in penumbral mansions, the malicious topiary--Gorey was also a unique literary stylist...[He] collaborated with phantoms drawn from his own private alphabet."
The galoshes of remorseSigns of springSeasonal confusionRandom walkCategoryThe other statue10 impossible objects (abridged)The universal solvent (abridged)Scenes de BalletVerse adviceThe deadly blotterCreativityThe retrieved locketThe water flowersThe haunted tea-cosyChristmas wrap-upThe headless bustThe just dessertThe admonitory hippopotamusNeglected murderessesTragedies topiaresThe raging tideThe unknown vegetableAnother random walkSerious life : a cruiseFigbash acrobateLa Malle SaignanteThe izzard book
\ Library JournalLushly illustrated and Gorey-er than ever. Uncollected works plus two unpublished stories: "The Izzard Book," which celebrates the letter z, and "La Malle Saignante," about early French silent films. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.\ \ \ \ \ Los Angeles Times Book ReviewAlthough it's his drawings that hold us—the theatrical poses, the bespoke furniture in penumbral mansions, the malicious topiary—Gorey was also a unique literary stylist...[He] collaborated with phantoms drawn from his own private alphabet.\ \ \ BooklistGorey's unique talent should be represented as completely as possible in every collection of American art and literature...[AMPHIGOREY AGAIN] is for smart, quiet, arty, mildly daft sorts of all ages.\ \
