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The Great Petrowski - An Illustrated Fable Gina Berriault
Counterpoint 1st edition 2001 Hardcover, DJ, New copy
This odd little parable, described as an ecological fable, was written and charmingly illustrated by the late Gina Berriault. It's an arch morality tale, about a disenfranchised parrot who alights accidentally in a Manhattan opera house, stays and learns to mimic brilliantly the singers who enchant him, is dubbed Petrowski and made an international star - then, during a South American tour, is lured back to the tropical rainforest he now recognizes as his home, and becomes an enlightened ecologist. The story climaxes during a pilgrimage to the Himalayas, when a generic wise man confirms Petrowski's tendency toward selfless sacrifice, and ends in an abandoned opera house right there in the Brazilian jungle, where Petrowski and his Parrot Troupe will thereafter make beautiful music, not for fame or fortune, but in celebration and defense of the unpolluted air where all may breathe.
An elegant, funny, serious, morality tale that both adults and children will enjoy.
Price:
6.95 USD
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