Puss in Boots - Charles Perrault and Marcia Brown Davis Grubb "Mattioli pushes the raging libidinousness

"Mattioli pushes the raging libidinousness and exaggerated violence found in many classic cartoons to berserk extremes in this thoroughly demented

identity and belonging

sunny spot on the floor in the winter

everyone and everything is larger than life and bragging is elevated into an art form

The early success he achieved with his distinctive modern figural works developed into a compelling and powerful late style

Puss in Boots - Charles Perrault and Marcia Brown Davis Grubb "Mattioli pushes the raging libidinousnessPuss in Boots by Charles Perrault, freely translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown ISBN 9780684129884 32 page hardback, 8. 5 x 10. 5 inches, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers (the illustrations date to 1952) *** Make way for the Marquis of Carabas and his famous cat! This is one of the stories that has delighted children through the years. How they love the sly cat as he struts through the countryside in his little red boots. Marcia