As Edward Imagined: A Story of Edward Gorey in Three Acts
Written by Matthew Burgess. Illustrated by Marc Majewski.
Written by Matthew Burgess. Illustrated by Marc Majewski.
Edward Gorey is as iconic as he was enigmatic: a child prodigy who grew up to live exactly as he wished, surrounded by books, cats and the macabre. Majewski’s bold, fluid, colorful illustrations are in sharp contrast to Gorey’s gothic style, but they perfectly encapsulate a life that was full of wonder, whimsy and, did I mention, cats?