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Title: The Silent Gondoliers
Author: William Goldman
Genre: Whimsical fake history
Thingummies: 4
Synopsis: The author of The Princess Bride tells another fake historical tale of why the gondoliers in Venice hire accordian players and never sing themselves.
Thoughts: This is a sweet, charming little tale about how, despite the gondoliers having the best voices in the world, no gondolier will ever sing again. It's fluff--there's basically nothing to this--but it's adorable fluff. My edition also had endearing little line drawings to illustrate.
Like The Princess Bride, this is narrated by the fake historian S. Morgenstern, with the expected off-beat editorializing. The twists are obvious enough, in the way of a fairy tale--you can guess where this is going, but the getting-there is both comfortable and comforting. Sometimes, all we want is a sweet, funny little story in which what we want to happen comes true.
Author: William Goldman
Genre: Whimsical fake history
Thingummies: 4
Synopsis: The author of The Princess Bride tells another fake historical tale of why the gondoliers in Venice hire accordian players and never sing themselves.
Thoughts: This is a sweet, charming little tale about how, despite the gondoliers having the best voices in the world, no gondolier will ever sing again. It's fluff--there's basically nothing to this--but it's adorable fluff. My edition also had endearing little line drawings to illustrate.
Like The Princess Bride, this is narrated by the fake historian S. Morgenstern, with the expected off-beat editorializing. The twists are obvious enough, in the way of a fairy tale--you can guess where this is going, but the getting-there is both comfortable and comforting. Sometimes, all we want is a sweet, funny little story in which what we want to happen comes true.
