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10%OFFJean La Fontaine - The Complete Fables of Jean de La Fontaine - 9780252073816 - V9780252073816
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The Complete Fables of Jean de La Fontaine

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Description for The Complete Fables of Jean de La Fontaine Paperback. Illustrator(s): Schorr, David. Translator(s): Shapiro, Norman. Num Pages: 520 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 33. Weight in Grams: 806.
Inspired new translations of the work of one of the world's greatest fabulists

Told in an elegant style, Jean de la Fontaine's (1621-95) charming animal fables depict sly foxes and scheming cats, vain birds and greedy wolves, all of which subtly express his penetrating insights into French society and the beasts found in all of us. Norman R. Shapiro has been translating La Fontaine's fables for over twenty years, capturing the original work's lively mix of plain and archaic language. This newly complete translation is destined to set the English standard for this work.

Awarded the Lewis Galantière Prize ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
520
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
712g
Number of Pages
504
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252073816
SKU
V9780252073816
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Reviews for The Complete Fables of Jean de La Fontaine
Lewis Galantière Prize, American Translators Association, 2008. "The translations are not literal but instead convey the spirit of the 17th-century writer. The volume includes . . . extensive notes offering comments and explicating sources, references, translation difficulties, and so on; and lovely illustrations by David Schorr. Highly recommended."
Choice "Ably translated from the French by Shapiro, the voices of ... Read more

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