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The Reasonable Ogre. Tales for the Sick and Well.

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Description for The Reasonable Ogre. Tales for the Sick and Well. Paperback. By turns dark and uplifting, Mike Barnes' original fables explore the otherworldliness of relationships, family, madness and death. Illustrator(s): Segbingway. Num Pages: 200 pages, 65 B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: FQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 257.
"The Reasonable Ogre is a marvel, and a tribute to the power of story. The illustrations and language are so entwined as to be inseparable, and they cast a beautiful spell. Mike Barnes is a real fairy-tale creature."--Kate Bernheimer, author of Horse, Flower, Bird In the world of The Reasonable Ogre, magic is nothing if not paradoxical. Ogres can indeed be reasonable, prisons may prove porous, gifts often come disguised as curses, and springs gone dry are only waiting to resurface. At once comic and moving, troubling and restorative, Mike Barnes's original stories are here to remind ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Biblioasis Canada
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Emeryville, Canada
ISBN
9781926845449
SKU
V9781926845449
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Reviews for The Reasonable Ogre. Tales for the Sick and Well.
"Segbingway's lyrical monochromatic brushstrokes create artwork that complements the ethereal nature of the stories themselves, producing landscapes and figures that are alive with movement and texture and yet still intangible. The stories are beautifully written and inexhaustibly discussable, but they're also appropriate for private enjoyment and reflection."
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "The 12 stories that comprise this collection ... Read more

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