The Curious Sofa
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| Author | Edward Gorey (Ogdred Weary) |
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| 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.
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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