Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
(illus. Ian Falconer)
by David Sedaris
humour, fantasy
copyright 2010
read in December 2016
rated 8/10: really quite good
This is a funny little book. Funny, enjoyable and sometimes quite pointed. Very short little stories with animals as the characters. Anthropomorphised animls who are still very much, animals.
Could these stories be using pataphors ?!
Metaphor: the vigilante acted like a vicious rabbit. Pataphor: The vigilante *is* a vicious rabbit. Well, I thinks that's a pataphor :-)
It's also social satire. There's a message in each story. Or, just read the stories and chuckle. Though not all endings (spoiler alert!) not all endings are happy.
I enjoy reading this book. It's good for a laugh. And, sometimes, it makes me think.
Really quite good. And also very weird.
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Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.
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"No plan survives contact with the enemy." … Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
Agamedes Consulting / Problems? Solved.
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"No plan survives contact with the enemy." … Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
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