Comments | planettom: Fattypuffs and Thinifers

planettom

Fattypuffs and Thinifers

Aug 12, 2005 08:46

When I was a kid, I had this strange book (and still have) that nobody else ever seems to have read. FATTYPUFFS & THINIFERS, by Andre Maurois, 1930. Wonderfully illustrated by Fritz Wegner. My edition is 1968. The book seems to be out of print now, probably due to its rather politically incorrect plotline. I'm not even sure how I got it, it just ( Read more... )

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terracinque August 12 2005, 13:57:34 UTC

Looks like a wonderful book!

nightingal_echo November 9 2005, 18:28:14 UTC

Did you scan those pictures? or were they found online?

planettom November 11 2005, 11:22:47 UTC

I scanned them. Just a small sampling of the many illustrations in the book.

Unfortunately, the book appears to be out of print right now.

And somehow, I don't expect to see an animated or live action FATTIPUFFS AND THINIFERS movie anytime soon. :)

nightingal_echo November 11 2005, 15:17:08 UTC

If they were to come out with a movie/tv show, who would play who?

planettom November 11 2005, 15:39:55 UTC

Gee, I don't know; even supermodels are positively Rubenesque in comparison to Thinifers.

And for Fattipuffs, I guess with a Fat Suit, anybody could play one.

On the animated front, the teenage girl in THE INCREDIBLES would be a good Thinifer.

I'm no Fattipuff, but I'm not as Thinifer as I used to be. :)

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I had the book too! anonymous April 30 2007, 12:51:13 UTC

I had the book too, and really liked it. Came across a copy in a 2nd hand shop recently and read it again for the first time in probably getting on for 20 - 30 years! I remember the way that the entrance to the escalator was between two large upright stones - really caught my imagination!

Fattypuffs and Thinnifers anonymous May 28 2007, 12:31:04 UTC

Have to confess I had the original English edition as a child - twas probably my older brother's. The illustrations were, in my memory at least, far superior to the examples you shewed.

Re: Fattypuffs and Thinnifers planettom May 28 2007, 13:37:36 UTC

I think you're misremembering. It's extremely unlikely that the illustrations in the volume you had as a child were any different from these, which are the same in the original French version.

Re: Fattypuffs and Thinnifers anonymous May 30 2007, 16:13:12 UTC

(I'm the "found one in a 2nd hand shop" poster above). Yes, I remember the illustrations were definitely the same in the book I originally had. Very distinctive!!

anonymous January 22 2013, 00:38:32 UTC

I had the book as a child and the illustrations were very different to these, and in color too

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Fattypuffs and Thinifers anonymous January 10 2008, 16:00:16 UTC

This is a genius book and I recently read it to my daughter - she loved it.