THREE GOLD PIECES

by Aliki ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 15, 1967

A simple tale, echoing the theme and form of much familiar folklore, deriving added strength from the Greek setting of poverty and unrewarding toil: three gold pieces are reluctantly traded for three seemingly useless bits of advice which, when faithfully followed, bring the trusting buyer fortune and happiness. Decorating the pages of restrained narrative, brashly colored and gaudily patterned illustrations--a leering Moor up a tree, a double-page spread of an excessively furnished and Orientalized Turkish salon, another of a turquoise-sky and chartreuse-shadow night. Archetypal Greek and Turk faces are mercilessly caricatured. Good reading, but wear your sunglasses.

Pub Date: April 15, 1967

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Pantheon

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1967

Categories: CHILDREN'S