Product Description

"The only real nonsense-epic in existence." Said Roger
Lancelyn Green. This new edition is illustrated in full colour throughout
by the young Anglo-American artist Geneva Rosett-Hafter. This is her first
book.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1311227 in Books
• Published on: 2008-03-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 48 pages

Customer Reviews

An absolute classic in every sense of the word
My Wife bought me this as a present and I have to say, of all the things I have been given this is one of the most precious.

Although I read it to myself I am most looking forward to reading it to my Son. It's an ideal length for a short bedtime story but also long enough for you to be able to put some effort into it and create a bit of an atmosphere.

It's full of great little characters, each with their own peculiar personality and soul. The poem flows well with great rhythm and gives the reader a chance to disappear for a quarter of an hour or so into Carroll's bizarre little world.

I have a 1928 edition of the book and I hope it stays in print for another eighty odd years as well. The Snark contains something for everyone, no matter what the age, a subtle blend of humour, nonsense and poetry at its absolute best.

If my house were to catch fire and I had time to only snatch a few things from the flames it would be my Wife and Son, along with a very old, well used copy of a Book of a Thousand Poems and this.

the art of "nonsense".
One would have thought that it would be impossible for Carroll to rival the beauty and dream-like quality of "Alice in wonderland", yet this poem is much better than the much-acclaimed novel. It propels us into a magical and wonderful world, where we travel, guided by the bell-man, going nowhere in particular, just hunting for the snark. The poem contains good insights into human nature, as for example the final friendship of the two ennemies under a common danger. The style is as usual exquisitely beautiful, full of inner music.

Excellent
Well worth spending a little of your money on. "Snark" is infinitely re-readable; and should be re-read on a regular basis--make it a little ritual for yourself. Keep all of the caricatures in your head. Soak in the wonderful drawings by Mervyn Peake (a genius in his own right--read his "Titus Groan", "Gormenghast", and "Titus Alone" and you'll see what I mean). What is a Snark, exactly? We'd best hope this one isn't a Boojum...

And you Brits are fortunate to have the "Snark" illustrated by Peake available--I had to order this over Amazon.co.uk. :-) Though as I've said, it was well worth the trouble.