The Owl and the Pussycat
by: Edward Lear/Stephane Jorisch

Hardcover. Tonawonda NY, KCP Poetry, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards with black cloth spine, 44 pages illustrated in color by Jorisch. Visions in Poetry is an innovative and award-winning series of classic poems re-interpreted for today's readers by outstanding contemporary artists in distinctively beautiful editions. The sixth Visions in Poetry book is The Owl and the Pussycat, a nonsense poem by Edward Lear, brilliantly illustrated by Stephane Jorisch. The artist's vision begins in a segregated world where different species never mix and everyone hides behind a mask. Against this backdrop an aristocratic owl from Owl Heights and a bohemian pussycat from the other side of the tracks find each other. Clean copy.