Ask anyone around here what their favorite book is and more than likely someone will bring up The Gashlycrumb Tinies. This lovely little macabre collection has been a staple at The Afternoon forever, and why not? No one but the incomparable Edward Gorey could have pulled off such a brilliant assault on the alphabet, and besides, it is impossible to not admire his signature black and white drawings! We love Gorey so much that we've given him his own little corner here in the Mall of America store, a tiny shrine to all things slightly surreal, slightly askew, slightly creepy, slightly perfect....
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Enjoy a Gorey Story
Ask anyone around here what their favorite book is and more than likely someone will bring up The Gashlycrumb Tinies. This lovely little macabre collection has been a staple at The Afternoon forever, and why not? No one but the incomparable Edward Gorey could have pulled off such a brilliant assault on the alphabet, and besides, it is impossible to not admire his signature black and white drawings! We love Gorey so much that we've given him his own little corner here in the Mall of America store, a tiny shrine to all things slightly surreal, slightly askew, slightly creepy, slightly perfect....