Libro. THE WUGGLY UMP

La obra maestra mordaz de Edward Gorey, The Wuggly Ump, narra el destino de tres niños sanos cuyos días felices tejen cadenas de flores se interrumpen cuando el misterioso Wuggly Ump sale de su guarida en busca de sabrosos niños. Con rimas engañosamente agradables e ilustrado en el estilo inimitable de Gorey, este relato de advertencia alegre y ligeramente inquietante ha deleitado a legiones de fanáticos de Gorey desde su primera publicación en 1963. Esta nueva edición es una reproducción fiel para los fanáticos antiguos y nuevos por igual para atesorar.

Edward Gorey’s mordant masterpiece The Wuggly Ump charts the fate of three wholesome children whose happy days weaving chains of flowers are cut short when the mysterious Wuggly Ump hurtles from its den in search of tasty tots. Set to deceptively pleasant rhymes and illustrated in Gorey’s inimitable style, this lighthearted and mildly unsettling cautionary tale has delighted legions of Gorey fans since its first publication in 1963. This brand-new edition is a faithful reproduction for old and new fans alike to treasure.

About the ARTIST
Edward St. John Gorey was a Harvard grad, a brilliant artist, a celebrated set and costume designer (his costumes for a Broadway production of Dracula earned him a Tony Award), a lover of animals (particularly cats) and the arts (he seldom missed a performance of the New York City Ballet), and an avid deltiologist—an obscure word so Gorey—like you might think he invented it himself (it means “a collector of postcards”). His humorously unsettling drawings of vaguely Victorian innocents often facing unfortunate ends became familiar to a wide audience after appearing in the opening credits of the PBS television series Mystery!