Amphigorey Again

by Edward Gorey

Overview

This collection displays in glorious abundance the offbeat characters and droll humor of Edward Gorey. Figbash is acrobatic, topiaries are tragic, hippopotami are admonitory, and galoshes are remorseful in this celebration of a unique talent that never fails to delight, amuse, and confound.

Amphigorey Again contains previously uncollected work and two unpublished stories—"The Izzard Book," a quirky riff on the letter Z, and "La Malle Saignante," a bilingual homage to early French silent serial movies. Rough sketches and unfinished panels show an ironic and singular mind at work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780151011070
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	10/31/2006
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 11.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Edward Gorey (1925-2000) wrote and illustrated such popular books as The Doubtful Guest, The Gashlycrumb Tinies, and The Headless Bust. He was also a very successful set and costume designer, earning a Tony Award for his Broadway production of Edward Gorey's Dracula. Animated sequences of his work have introduced the PBS series Mystery! since 1980.

Editorial Reviews

"Gorey's unique talent should be represented as completely as possible in every collection of American art and literature...[AMPHIGOREY AGAIN] is for smart, quiet, arty, mildly daft sorts of all ages."

Booklist

"Although it's his drawings that hold us--the theatrical poses, the bespoke furniture in penumbral mansions, the malicious topiary--Gorey was also a unique literary stylist...[He] collaborated with phantoms drawn from his own private alphabet."

Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Gorey's unique talent should be represented as completely as possible in every collection of American art and literature...[AMPHIGOREY AGAIN] is for smart, quiet, arty, mildly daft sorts of all ages."

Booklist

"Although it's his drawings that hold us—the theatrical poses, the bespoke furniture in penumbral mansions, the malicious topiary—Gorey was also a unique literary stylist...[He] collaborated with phantoms drawn from his own private alphabet."

Los Angeles Times Book Review

Lushly illustrated and Gorey-er than ever. Uncollected works plus two unpublished stories: "The Izzard Book," which celebrates the letter z, and "La Malle Saignante," about early French silent films. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

PRAISE FOR EDWARD GOREY

"A master of a genre of graphic storytelling [and] a brilliant draftsman."—The New York Times Book Review

"Dark masterpieces of surreal morality . . . Beautifully depicted."—Vanity Fair
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