Different Dances 25th Anniversary Edition
by Shel Silverstein
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Author: Shel SilversteinIllustrator: Shel Silverstein
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-10-12
ISBN: 0060554304
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: HarperCollins
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Book Review: Humor with a dark edge
Summary: 5 Stars
These simple drawings, one or just a few per page, are some of the funniest around. Some have a macabre side, but that is always used to make a point. Others seem to radiate quiet desperation. Still others comment on the compromises people make. Some do all of the above, and more.
There's no text in these drawings, or almost none. The style is spare, even more than in "Where the Sidewalk Ends." My only complaint, and this is a very quiet one, is that that most pages hold only one drawing, and that one is small. I'm used to a lot more density, but the open, airy pages do a good job of framing Silverstein's characters, or of echoing their isolation.
One more thing - unlike the better-known Silverstein books, this one is decidedly not for the kids.
//wiredweird
Summary of Different Dances 25th Anniversary Edition
a modern
ballet
where
lovers are ground
to hamburger
wives are turned into chairs
TV sets eat people
flowers grow from
children's heads
God is uncovered -- and
re-covered
and men are hung
by the instrument
of their desire
Startling, irreverent and provocative, the incomparable creator of poems and fables for children turns his eye and pen upon the social calamities and absurdities of the adult world.
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