Koi - Sheldon Harnick, Margery Gray Harnick, Matt Harnick

Koi

A Modern Folk Tale
Buch | Hardcover
52 Seiten
2017
Beaufort Books (Verlag)
978-0-8253-0841-3 (ISBN)
27,35 inkl. MwSt
Koi are unusually beautiful creatures. Perhaps because of their unusual beauty, koi have inspired a variety of legends. The recurrent theme in these legends is that koi, because of their endurance and perseverance, have become symbolic of overcoming adversity and fulfilling one's destiny. In one of the more celebrated versions of this legend, koi are rewarded for their endurance and perseverance by being transformed into dragon fish.

In their book KOI, Margery and Sheldon Harnick have created their own version of this legend in photographs and verses. In their version, koi are rewarded for a reason other than endurance and perseverance. Though the years, the gods have noted how much pleasure men and women have derived simply from observing the prismatic beauty of the koi. For this gift to mankind, the gods decided to transform the most beautiful koi into majestic and powerful dragons.

Margery Harnick's photographs not only show this transformation taking place but also capture the remarkable beauty of these creatures in ways that most people have never seen. (Additional photographs by Matt Harnick portray the gods and the dragons.) And since koi are Asian in origin, Sheldon Harnick has chosen to deliver the narrative in the form of haiku verses. The union of photographs and verses makes a charming and artistically satisfying combination.

Sheldon Harnick is a poet and lyricist best known for his collaborations on hit musicals like Fiddler on the Roof, She Loves Me, and Fiorello!. Mr. Harnick has won three Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize in Drama. Margery Gray Harnick is an accomplished actress, dancer, painter, and photographer who has been exhibited in New York City and Long Island.

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 251 x 259 mm
Gewicht 699 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Fotokunst
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Naturführer
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Tiere / Tierhaltung
ISBN-10 0-8253-0841-0 / 0825308410
ISBN-13 978-0-8253-0841-3 / 9780825308413
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