A World Treasury of Riddles: Riddle Me This

by Wes 'Scoop' Nisker and Phil Cousineau

Book Overview

Mythologist and adventurer Phil Cousineau theorizes that riddles are proverbs turned into questions. He believes telling riddles is a lost folk art. This eclectic collection of brain twisters from... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157324712X
• ISBN13: 9781573247122
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Conari Press
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 6.3"

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Embraces the Spiritual Enigma Beneath Riddles

Riddles are enigmas that show us directly the irrational vigor of life beneath its rational veneer. Like Zen koans, riddles attack the conventional workings of the mind to open the mind beyond reason to the delight of the mystery before us. Phil Cousineau's `A World Treasury of Riddles' is an accessible book about "enigmas, conundrums, puzzle poems, bafflers, charades, logogriphs, teasers, verbal jigsaws, queer words, and quiz questions." His style will delight young readers and those who enjoy a poetic flare for language. That said, the prose is also tight and to the point, its pith arrangement of vibrant language will surprise the more scholarly reader with its ease in tackling important questions within the cultural dialogue. From such a seemingly irrelevant topic Cousineau tickles our creativity and turns our awareness toward profound vistas. The simple or silly twist of tongue again and again reveals the profound, timeless, and eternal truths against which the ego breaks and the spiritual seeker finds solace. The book itself is divided into five riddling sections: The Introductory, The Pleasury, The Guessery, The Sourcery, and The Unforgettery. Each has its own playfulness. A World Treasury of Riddles is lyrical, poetic, and imaginative. An absolute wonder to read.