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Stone Soup
Cas Willing
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Description for Stone Soup
Hardcover. A version of the Portuguese folk tale by Cas Willing, illustrated by Paula Rego. Illustrator(s): Rego, Paula. BIC Classification: FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 223 x 10. Weight in Grams: 236.
Full of the macabre touches and dark humour that have made Paula Rego's reputation, Stone Soup is a new version of the traditional Portuguese folktale by her daughter, the designer and writer, Cas Willing. Typically read to children to encourage cooperation in times of scarcity, the fable has existed in numerous incarnations for centuries. We follow the efforts of a young female traveler in her attempt to save herself from starvation, persuading a suspicious townspeople to supply her with food for her mysterious Stone Soup. All of the thirteen watercolour and ink paintings are reproduced here, bringing together Rego's ... Read more
Full of the macabre touches and dark humour that have made Paula Rego's reputation, Stone Soup is a new version of the traditional Portuguese folktale by her daughter, the designer and writer, Cas Willing. Typically read to children to encourage cooperation in times of scarcity, the fable has existed in numerous incarnations for centuries. We follow the efforts of a young female traveler in her attempt to save herself from starvation, persuading a suspicious townspeople to supply her with food for her mysterious Stone Soup. All of the thirteen watercolour and ink paintings are reproduced here, bringing together Rego's ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Enitharmon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
32
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910392010
SKU
V9781910392010
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-30
About Cas Willing
Paula Rego (b. 1935) is one of the best-known and best-loved woman artist in Britain today. Rego was born in 1935 in Lisbon, Portugal and studied at the Slade School of Art. She was shortlisted for the Turner prize in 1989 and was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters by Oxford University in 2005.
Reviews for Stone Soup
Assorted reviews of the Rego exhibition 'The Last King of Portugal' at Marlborough Fine Art, which accompanies the book Stone Soup: The New Statesman http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2014/10/beautiful-grotesque-dark-play-paula-rego The Sunday Times http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/Magazine/article1459514.ece