The Milk of DreamsIn English for the first time, a wild and darkly funny book that combines Surrealist painter Leonora Carringon's fantastical writing and illustrations for children The maverick surrealist Leonora Carrington was an extraordinary painter and storyteller who loved to make up stories and draw pictures for her children. She lived much of her life in Mexico, and her sons remember sitting in a big room whose walls were covered with images of wondrous creatures, towering mountains, and ferocious vegetation while she told fabulous and funny tales. That room was later whitewashed, but some of its wonders were preserved in the little notebook that Carrington called The Milk of Dreams. John, who has wings for ears, Humbert the Beautiful, an insufferable kid who befriends a crocodile and grows more insufferable yet, and the awesome Janzamajoria are all to be encountered in The Milk of Dreams, a book that is as unlikely, outrageous, and dreamy as dreams themselves. |
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afraid Angel made pipi beautiful Birthday blue box of rotten buffalo caca cage Camomile Tea chew child cried a lot crocodile crying D'Aulaires Don Crecencio DOROTHY ears EDWARD GOREY elephant father fives and fours flies flute Gabriel Weisz gelatin George Goat's meat going Green Indian grew head stuck HOBAN Horrible Humbert Irish Jenny Jenny's Jeremy John jumped lady Lawyer LEON LEONORA CARRINGTON Little Angel little box little girl little holes Little lies little meats little mouths Lolita look mama Mexico Milk of Dreams monkey monster mother Mustache Mustache nasty night Open the Box Ophelia Papa parrot playing pyjamas Rabbits REVIEW CHILDREN'S COLLECTION RHODA LEVINE Roses rotten meat running Señor shouted smelled sofa Solidified stomach ache Story string stupid three children Tomasina Translated by Gabriel ugly Vincent vulture wall wardrobe white woman window wings woman cried yelled YORK REVIEW CHILDREN'S