The Curious Sofa

The Curious Sofa
Author Edward Gorey (Ogdred Weary)
Illustrator Edward Gorey (Ogdred Weary)
Cover artist Edward Gorey (Ogdred Weary)
Publisher I. Obolensky
Publication date
 1961
ISBN 978-0-396-07861-6 (1980 reprint)
OCLC 1943444
Preceded by The Fatal Lozenge: An Alphabet
Followed by The Hapless Child

The Curious Sofa is a 1961 book by Edward Gorey, published under the pen name "Ogdred Weary" (an anagram). According to the cover, the book is a "pornographic illustrated story about furniture". Reviews of the book clarify there is nothing overtly sexual in the illustrations, although innuendos (and strategically deployed urns and tree branches) abound. The New York Times Book Review described it as "Gorey's naughty, hilarious travesty of lust". Gorey has stated that he intended to satirize Story of O.[1]

The story may also be found in Gorey's 1972 anthology Amphigorey.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Gardner, Paul (September 19, 1977). "Theater: A Pain in The Neck". New York. p. 68.

Other sources

  • Edward Gorey, Karen Wilkin (ed), "Ascending peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey : interviews", Harcourt, 2001, ISBN 0-15-100504-4, p. 39
  • Wim Tigges, "Explorations in the field of nonsense", Rodopi, 1987, ISBN 90-6203-699-6, p. 78
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