![]() ![]() ![]() In this gorgeously detailed volume, American artist and author Edward Gorey accents amphigory (nonsense. His work, which spans over six decades, is collected in four excellent volumes entitled Amphigorey - I, II, III, IV - a play on the word amphigory, meaning a nonsense verse or composition. An illustrated collection of 15 macabre short stories. The Gashlycrumb Tinies comes in a string of more than 40 gems Gorey published in his lifetime, including favorites like The Epiplectic Bicycle and The Doubtful Guest. Part Tim Burton long before there was Burton, part Edgar Allan Poe long after Poe, the book exudes Gorey’s signature adult picture book mastery, not merely adorned by the gorgeously dark crosshatched illustrations but narratively driven by them. ![]() In this gorgeously detailed volume, American artist and author Edward Gorey accents amphigory (nonsense verse or composition) with his signature cross-hatched pen-and-ink drawings. D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh…” An illustrated collection of 15 macabre short stories. ![]() “A is for Amy who fell down the stairs,” The Gashlycrumb Tinies begins. In 1963, prolific illustrator and author Edward Gorey (February 22, 1925–April 15, 2000) published an alphabet book so grimly antithetical to the very premise of the genre - making children feel comfortable and inspiring them to learn - that it took the macabre humor genre to a new level. It’s no secret I have a massive soft spot for alphabet books. ![]()
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