The Spider and the Fly
Author: Mary Howitt, Tony DiTerlizzi
Translator: Gyeong-ryeol Chang
Publisher: Yeollin-eorini
Hardcover | 36 pages | 260*285mm
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| >>>This book is written in Korean. |
About This Book
From Publishers Weekly
Howitt's 1829 cautionary poem of a fly's risky entanglement with her
perfidious predator springs to cinematic life amid silver-sheened
black-and-white illustrations by an artist well known for his work on
the Magic: The Gathering trading cards. Gouache images that seem to glow
in the dark deftly recall the silent film era, craftily luring in
readers even before the tale's famous opener, " `Will you walk into my
parlor?' said the Spider to the Fly." An exterior view of a darkened
mansion, its sole light coming from an attic window, gives way to a
close-up of the same window as a petite dragonfly in flapper attire
(complete with fringed dress, long gloves and flower-petal parasol)
peers inside at Spider's lair: a Victorian dollhouse set amid cobwebby
attic treasures. With an arsenal of Vincent Price expressions, the
well-heeled Spider uses food and flattery to entice his guest into
staying within his walls. Some of the text appears periodically against
a framed black backdrop, … la silent movie captions, while a silvery web
is progressively woven in the background. Finely detailed scenes
foreshadow Fly's demise with subtle, Charles Addams-esque humor that,
while it may escape younger readers, will tickle the Lemony Snicket set.
(In one scene, previous insect victims, now ghosts with their feet
hovering above the floor, hold up a copy of The Joy of Cooking Bugs, in
a vain warning to Fly.) DiTerlizzi has spun a visual treat that young
sophisticates and adults alike will enjoy. Ages 6-up.
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