The story of a mean and narcissistic king, originally written in the 1970s is both uproariously funny and distressingly on point, will be enjoyed by children and their parents.
ARIEL DORFMAN is the author of many novels, poems, plays, essays,
and films, often set in his native South America. His plays have
been staged in over a hundred countries and his books translated
into more than thirty languages. He has received numerous
international prizes, including the Laurence Olivier and the Time
Out Awards for best play of the year for Death and the Maiden. His
first book, How to Read Donald Duck, which shows the beloved Disney
character to be an agent of American cultural imperialism, and
which was banned in Chile upon its publication in 1971, was
published in English for the first time in Fall 2018. His most
recent novel is Darwin's Ghost (Seven Stories Press, 2018). The
Rabbits' Rebellion, first published in England in 2001, is
Dorfman's only book for children, and is being published in North
America now for the first time. A prominent human rights activist,
Dorfman lives with his wife Angelica in Chile and Durham, North
Carolina, where he is the Walter Hines Page Emeritus Professor of
Literature at Duke University. Seven Stories publishes a great
number of Dorfman's books in English and Spanish, including the
Spanish language edition of Death and the Maiden, La muerte y la
doncella.
CHRIS RIDDELL is best known as the author and illustrator of the
acclaimed The Edge Chronicles series, written with Paul Stewart. He
has illustrated many other books including the award-winning
children's book, Pirate Diary, 100 Hugs, and several titles with
Neil Gaiman, the most recent of which is Art Matters- Because Your
Imagination Can Change the World. He is also the political
cartoonist for the Guardian and Observer newspapers. He lives in
England.
"A wickedly funny allegory for today's post-truth era." --Kirkus
Reviews
"Uncannily timed ... In prose that speaks volumes, Dorfman's eerily
prescient allegorical gem shapes a resounding portrait of power
abused and censorship foiled, reinforced by Riddell's droll,
spot-on line drawings. A tale for the ages--and for all ages."
--Publishers Weekly
"It's near perfect ... a wondrous little volume – immediate and
clever enough for a young readership, and so telling it can only
invoke a grudging nod of truth (and a smile) from
adults." --The Bookbag (UK)
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