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Odd Birds & Fat Cats: (An Urban Bestiary)

Name: Odd Birds & Fat Cats: (An Urban Bestiary)
Brand: Turtle Point Press
SKU: 9781885983596
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Contributors:

Peter Wortsman, Aur?lie Bernard Wortsman (Artist)

Publisher:

Turtle Point Press

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

Art, Nature, Travel

Book Subcategory:

Subjects & Themes, Essays, Special Interest

Book Topic:

Plants & Animals

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Release Date:

2024-11-26

ISBN 13:

9781885983596

Weight:

0.75 lbs

Size:

8.10 x 6.10 x 0.50 inches

Pages:

120

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Ravens in Berlin . . . Parakeets in Brooklyn . . . Chickens
in Tel Aviv . . . Spiders in Cognac. City creatures spark the imagination and
intellect in words and art by this father-daughter team.

Odd Birds & Fat Cats (An Urban Bestiary) is an
illustrated collection of brief observations on city creatures. Inspired
by the tradition of the medieval bestiary, bestiarum vocabulum, a
12th-century bestselling genre that chronicled animals and beings both
real and fantastical, the book features pithy impressions of birds and animals
that delight, confound, and edify, written by Peter Wortsman, coupled
with detailed naturalist artwork by his daughter, Aur?lie
Bernard Wortsman.

Featured creatures include:

Pigeons: "When, finally, it takes flight . . . this
asphalt-colored bird is like a piece of the pavement which by some fluke of
gravity broke loose and is foolishly falling upward by mistake."

Seagulls: "Fallen splinters of eternity, they hang
overhead with the equanimity and mild disdain of angels in a medieval
altarpiece, and unlike pigeons, refuse any direct contact with man."

Ants: "Micro-managers in three-piece bodies,
ants parody human antics to a tee. Or is it the other way around?"

Dust mites: "Every time you scratch yourself or comb
your hair, you are feeding the tiny intruders with the detritus of self."

With four-color images throughout, printed in a beautiful hardbound
edition, this one-of-a-kind volume will please the discerning animal lover,
traveler, art lover, iconoclast, and literati on your gift list--and, of course,
also you!

About the Author
Aur?lie Bernard Wortsman is an artist, cartoonist, and the director of Andrew Edlin Gallery in downtown Manhattan, where she curated "Beverly Buchanan: Shacks and Legends, 1985-2011," "Agatha Wojciechowsky: Spirits Among Us," and "Beverly Buchanan: Northern Walls and Southern Yards." Co-founder of the artistic cartoon duo Zou and Lou, her work has been exhibited at Wynwood Arts 29 in Miami and elsewhere. She first published her drawings at age five in her father's column in the literary review Courants d'ombres.

Odd Birds & Fat Cats: (An Urban Bestiary)

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