Larger, heavier book, red cloth spine and sides, orange boards, very bright gilt lettering on spine, green inside covers and adjacent end papers, 151 glossy heavy pages. DJ glossy with beautiful color-illustration on front, spine and back of animals, a Library Edition sticker at bottom front onto spine. Very Fine DJ/Fine book.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit

Publisher

Dial Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Publication Date

1987

Language

English

ISBN 10

0803702728

ISBN 13

9780803702721

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Pinkney, Jerry

Edition

5th

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

Seller catalogs

Children's Lit

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Synopsis

A retelling of the Afro-American tales about the adventures and misadventures of Brer Rabbit and his friends and enemies.

Reviews

Lester's thoughtful preface to his retelling of the Joel Chandler Harris folktales elucidates the problems inherent in a project of this sort, which, unfortunately, this volume does not entirely resolve. Harris's stories are told in the Gullah dialect, often thought difficult by modern readers. In an attempt to preserve the tales, Lester has rewritten them in his own voice, often with references to "things that are decidedly contemporary, like shopping malls." Lester calls such references characteristic of black storytelling and admits they may be jarring. But his retelling is uneven. For example, in the same story the narrator tells us formally, "Early one morning, even before Sister Moon had put on her negligee, Brer Fox was up and moving around," and then says in dialect, "Brer rabbit was sho' nuf' mad now." Harris's Brer Rabbit comes "pacin' down de roadlippity-clippity, clippity-lippitydez as sassy ez a jay-bird" while Lester's comes "strutting along like he owned the world." This collection is important as a way of introducing readers to the Harris tales; it also stands alone as a volume of wonderfully funny folktales. For many purists, though, it will not replace the original stories. Pinkney's drawings, both black-and-white and color, nicely combine realistic detail and fancy. All ages.
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