How does everything work in the world? Someone is a hunter, and someone is a lion. The hunters fire their guns at the lions, and the lions try to eat the hunters. What happens if the lion and the hunter switch places? The lion will shoot, but the hunter, where is this hunter now...
The hero of Shel Silverstein's book Lafcadio is exactly the lion who began to shoot back. And also wear suits with elegant casualness, smoke cigars and enjoy jelly beans, sorry, purr-jelly beans. In short, he completely ceased to be a lion, so much so that one day he went hunting.
Did Lafcadio betray himself by losing his lion essence? Has he become happier? What happens when you lose your place in life, and do you find a new one?
Readers of Shel Silverstein’s famous book have been asking these questions for more than thirty years. And the author himself - poet, writer, cartoonist, composer, musician, playwright, illustrator - did he immediately find his way? He fought in Korea, and when he returned to the United States, he began drawing cartoons for magazines, and also selling hot dogs, and believe me, he was a damn good hot dog salesman. And then for almost 20 years he collaborated with Playboy magazine, wrote plays and staged performances, composed music and lyrics for popular musicians, until a friend persuaded Silverstein to try writing a book for children. Shel thought and agreed. This is how this book was born - “Lafcadio. The Lion Who Shot Back.”
Author: Shel Silverstein
Translation: Grigory Kruzhkov, Daria Litvak
Pages: 112 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 227x182x14 mm
