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The Curious Sofa: A Pornographic Work by Ogdred Weary

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Manufacturer: Harcourt List Price: $10.00
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Average Customer Ratings:

Gorey’s naughty, hilarious travesty of lust-now reissued in a special gift edition. “A master of the genre of graphic storytelling and a brilliant draftsman” (New York Times Book Review).



DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780151003075
ISBN: 0151003076
Label: Harcourt
Manufacturer: Harcourt
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 64
Publication Date: 1997-09-15
Publisher: Harcourt
Studio: Harcourt


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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: Gorey is delightful.
Comment: I have always loved Gorey's work, but The Curious Sofa is probably my favorite. It is funny and twisted and everything you would expect from Gorey, and it made me laugh out loud throughout.

Customer Rating:
Summary: not curious
Comment: The sofa isn't very curious and the story isn't pornographic, but it's an interesting little book from Gorey. Only for die-hard fans.
Customer Rating:
Summary: In the land of the well-endowed...
Comment: What do adults get up to when their parents aren't around? Here in the land of the well-endowed a cast of wanton and wayward characters will involve themselves in a series of unspeakable adventures. They are unspeakable because our author, Edward Gorey, only suggests what may or may not be occurring. Whether or not The Curious Sofa succeeds will depend entirely upon your own imagination.

For a book of so few pages, there is so much to discuss.....How does one play Thumbfumble? How is is that the colonel and his wife are both missing their left legs? What are Scylla's anatomical peculiarities? Is Gerald psychotic or is he suffering from temporary insanity? Is the sofa really all THAT terrible?

Share this book with a friend. Smirk, guess, and giggle. Reread and fish for new possibilities. Amuse yourself with a book that far exceeds its monetary value.
Customer Rating:
Summary: For People Who Like to Read Too Much Into Everything
Comment: Well honestly, I fully enjoyed where the book allowed my imagination to roam, until the very end. By the end I was terrified. I guess Gorey really has a knack at providing us with doorways into our own minds. Also, I suppose a child could read this and still have no idea what the hell was going on (who does know?). There'd just be that question of why people were having a party naked (although cleverly covered by way the author's own unique sense of arrangement). Truely a book any Gorey lover MUST add to their collection.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Dark humor and delightful drawings
Comment: ...with a large splash of innuendo, this book has content that is more adult in nature, but still clever and amusing - although those who buy it because of the title will be disappointed.

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