A delightful anti-war children’s book by Umberto Eco, and brilliant artist/illustrator, Eugenio Carmi. Eugenio Carmi was born in Genoa in 1920 and trained in Turin.
Excerpt:
“We’ve spent a pile of money
To make these bombs.
Are we going to leave them here to collect mold?
What’s a general like you for, anyway?
“It’s true,”
the general replied.
“We really must start this war.
Otherwise my career will never get anywhere.”
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I love this book. I need to break down and buy it off Amazon. The artist, Eugenio Carmi, has really inspired me.
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Hi, Karen,
I bought a used copy and i love it!
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This is funny, I enjoyed reading it. Thanks for sharing and look forward to the illustrations.
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aditi,
this is really great– in fact, it’s the only time so far that i’ve been able to laugh, or even smile, about this “pretty woman”. in fact i cannot say her name, and even allusions to her have a tendency to send me into fits of anger…
i like this! go with it. i look forward to illustrations… š
~ a
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