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40 pp.
| NYRB
| October, 2018
|
Trade
ISBN 978-1-68137-290-7
$16.95
|
Ebook
ISBN 978-1-68137-291-4
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3)
K-3
Translated by
Saul Endor.
When the titular king spies "
something" (a red seed) on the ground, he jails it. To his chagrin, many days later he spots "
something else" (a flower) blooming where he left the
something. Like a medieval Monty Python character, the king is a lovable, laughable lunkhead. Spanish author-illustrator Guridi's comical iterations of the overblown, undersized king stand out against broken, softly sketched outlines of the kingdom of nothing.