Max and Moritz 2000, by Wilhelm Busch
and Colin Blyth
Hardcover, 64 pages. Iolair Publishing 2006.
ISBN 0-9641804-3-X
A deluxe bilingual edition, giving the pictures
and German verse of Wilhelm Busch's 1865 Max und Moritz, with
new, closer, English translations side by side. These translations
try to follow Busch's use of straightforward language whose natural
spoken rhythm fits the 2/4 march time of his lines. At the very
end, the English deviates into a happy ending: Max & Moritz
slip out, and Müller&Bauer go through the mill instead.
Water coloring has been added to the original illustrations,
giving them much more color than even the later Braun&Schneider
editions, but not so bright and simplistic as present day editions
in Germany. The front cover, instead of the usual M&M portrait,
has the picture of M&M dancing in delight as the bridge collapses
under Böck, and the back cover shows the same scene in stained
glass.
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