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The collection includes 183 fables by the classic of world literature L. N. Tolstoy; of them, 114 were written based on the plots of Aesop, 34 - based on the plots of Indian fairy tales and fables, 13 are reworkings of La Fontaine's fables, 8 were written based on plots from various sources, and 14 were composed by the writer himself. At the end of the publication there are extensive comments. The book is decorated with more than three hundred black-and-white and color illustrations made by contemporary artist Ksenia Alekseeva.
One of the characters of the famous ancient Greek comedian Aristophanes reproaches an acquaintance: “You are ignorant and lazy, you haven’t even learned Aesop.” In Athens, children were taught Aesop's fables. Unfortunately, very little is known about the legendary fabulist himself. His short moral stories have come down to us in other people's retellings, becoming the basis for the fables of La Fontaine and Krylov. Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy set himself the task of reworking Aesop's texts, bringing them closer to his contemporary reality and making them understandable for young readers. For example, where the god Hermes appears in Aesop, Tolstoy changes him to the merman, well known to children. Many of his texts are closer to the originals. Tolstoy does not have a raven with cheese, but a raven, like Aesop, who holds in his beak not cheese, but a piece of meat. The main advantage of the fables as presented by the great writer is their brevity and crystal clarity. Tolstoy removes all later layers, all “embellishments” and unnecessary details. Traditionally, fables were translated into verse. Tolstoy returns them to ringing prose. As a result, a solid core of the fable remains, clearly conveying its essence and meaning. Carried away by the adaptation of Aesop's fables, L. N. Tolstoy continued this work. He reworked La Fontaine's fables, drew more than three dozen plots from Indian fairy tales and fables, and also composed his own short stories. All of them are included in this book. The publication is decorated with hundreds of black-and-white and color drawings made by Russian artist Ksenia Alekseeva. She honed her talent as a draftsman at the Moscow Academic Art Lyceum of the Russian Academy of Arts, and then continued her studies at the Moscow State University of Printing Arts. Ksenia became the winner of the competition for young artists “Illustrating Tolstoy,” and as a result, a book of the writer’s fables with her illustrations was born. This collection was published by the State Museum of Leo Tolstoy. For this edition, the artist created dozens of new drawings. Ksenia takes a creative approach to illustrating ancient fables, reworking some of the plots in her own way. In her drawings, a crocodile wears a bowtie, pigeons wear top hats, and a monkey wears an ermine robe. The turtle's instantly recognizable earflap hat flies off, and a wristwatch can be seen on the lion's paw. Illustrating the fable “How the Summer Passed,” Ksenia depicts a wasp with an abacus, although there is not a word about them in the text. This approach does not distort the meaning of fables, but only brings it closer to modern life, because fables usually talk about the nature of people, and it remains unchanged at any time.
See also:
- All books of the publisher SZKEO
- All books by the author
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| ISBNs | 978-5-9603-0912-7 |
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| The weight | 0,97 kg |
| Size | 170 × 240 mm |
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