Books like Donald Has a Difficulty
Donald Has a Difficulty
A strange little illustrated book from 1970. I wouldn't know what to think of it, except for the helpful afterward that contextualizes the collaboration between Neumeyer and Gorey. It explains that the concept for the Donald books comes from a Borges story--which, once you hear this, makes so much sense! Once you understand the work as having "no point except [its] own existence" you can appreciate it for the strange little thing it is--a work of art, and not necessarily a children's book, or something that is supposed to make a lot of sense. Once I had the right frame of reference, I really enjoy the art work and the intricacy and the bizarreness of it.