White Ravens’98/Lithuania/64553
Augiaus, Pauliaus (reteller/illus.)
Pupos pasaka
(The tale of the beans)
Vilnius: Lietus, 1996. 26pp
ISBN 9986-431-21-2
Lithuania/Tales - Beanstalk - Forbidden fruit
This Lithuanian tale incorporates motifs from the English tale »Jack and the
beanstalk« and the Biblical story of the tree of knowledge. Paulus Augius
(1909-1960) wrote this version while in exile and illustrated it in an
expressive style combining elements of Lithuanian folk art and avant-garde.
At long last Augiaus’ lovely picture book, which conveys much of the past
times in rural Lithuania, could be published in his own country. (4+)

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