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Amphigorey: Fifteen Books

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An illustrated collection of 15 macabre short stories.
 
In this gorgeously detailed volume, American artist and creator Edward Gorey accents amphigory (nonsense verse or composition) with his signature cross-hatched pen-and-ink drawings. A mixture of poetry and prose, light-hearted and decidedly more morbid storytelling, the book is sure to satisfy both fans of art and lovers of short stories alike.
 
Stories included:
“The Unstrung Harp”
“The Listing Attic”
“The Doubtful Guest”
“The Object Lesson”
“The Bug Book”
“The Fatal Lozenge”
“The Hapless Child”
“The Curious Sofa”
“The Willowdale Handcar”
“The Gashlycrumb Tinies”
“The Insect God”
“The West Wing”
“The Wuggly Ump”
“The Sinking Spell”
“The Remembered Discuss with”
The title of this deliciously creepy collection of Gorey’s work stems from the word amphigory, meaning a nonsense verse or composition. As all the time, Gorey’s painstakingly cross- hatched pen and ink drawings are perfectly suited to his oddball verse and prose. The first book of 15, “The Unstrung Harp,” describes the writing process of novelist Mr. Clavius Frederick Earbrass: “He will have to be mad to go on enduring the unexquisite agony of writing when it all turns out drivel.” In “The Listing Attic,” you’ll be able to find a set of quirky limericks such as “A certain young man, it used to be noted, / Went about in the heat thickly coated; / He said, ‘You may also scoff, / But I shan’t take it off; / Underneath I am horribly bloated.’ ”

Many of Gorey’s tales involve untimely deaths and dreadful mishaps, but much like tragic Irish ballads with their perky rhythms and melodies, they come off as strangely lighthearted. “The Gashlycrumb Tinies,” as an example, begins like this: “A is for AMY who fell down the stairs, B is for BASIL assaulted by bears,” and so forth. An eccentric, funny book for either the uninitiated or diehard Gorey fans.

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