Swimmer With a Rope in His Teeth - Softcover

Shaffer, Jeanne E.; Cruse, Howard

9781591021810: Swimmer With a Rope in His Teeth

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ISBN 10: 1591021812 ISBN 13: 9781591021810

Publisher: Prometheus, 2004

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A treacherous river separates two lands. On one side is the Land of Good and Happiness, whose citizens know how to live life happily; on the other side, the Land of Evil and Woe, where a benighted people wallows in ignorance, unaware that it might greatly benefit from the enlightened civilization on the other side. One day a courageous swimmer from the Land of Good and Happiness embarks upon a dangerous journey to stretch a rope across the river to give the people on the other side a way out of their moral chaos and misery. What happens to the swimmer and how the recipients of the rope respond to his noble gesture make for a moving story.

A good parable means many different things to different people. Is the swimmer a prophet or an embodiment of suffering heroes from mythology, such as Prometheus, Hercules, or Parsifal? However interpreted, Jeanne Shaffer and Howard Cruse's striking tale of timeless themes will sound a responsive chord in people from all backgrounds. Like figures on a Greek vase. Cruse's classically rendered figures in black lend poignancy and heroic grace to this challenging modern fable.

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About the Author

Jeanne E. Shaffer is an award-winning writer, composer, musician, former actress, and host of a weekly public radio program called EINE KLEINE FRAUENMUSIK. Her compositions have been recorded and performed by international soloists. She taught for thirty-five years, the last thirteen as head of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Huntingdon College, Montgomery, Alabama.

Howard Cruse is an award-winning illustrator whose critically acclaimed graphic novel, STUCK RUBBER BABY, won literary awards in Germany and France. He has also published five book-length compilations of his comics from such periodicals as PLAYBOY, THE VILLAGE VOICE, ARTFORUM INTERNATIONAL, and HEAVY METAL. He is the creator of Wendel, a 1980s comic strip featured in THE ADVOCATE.

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