The Object-Lesson
by Edward Gorey

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Book Review: at the statue of Corrupted Endeavor
Summary: 5 Stars

The first sentence, divided amongst six elaborately crosshatched panoramic ink drawings, initiates what is only the first of several surreal and non-sequiturial narratives and gives readers the sense that an elaborate story of some sort is unfolding and they are mearly seeing brief snippets.

Having just read the book, I'd say the effect is of looking out from inside a novel: a story is happening, but the large passages of narration that connect the individual events of "The Object-Lesson" into a single story are as unavailable to the reader as they are to the characters. It's mysterious, it's exciting, it's lots and lots of fun.

I reccomend buying this and leaving it anywhere in your home where people will be waiting for the maybe-five minutes it takes to finish the book, as the wierdness of it all will make their day that much more fun.

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Artists, A-Z Books

• Subjects > Arts & Photography > Individual Artists
• Drawing > Pen & Ink
• Comics & Graphic Novels > Comic Strips
• Graphic Novels
• Cartooning