Description

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Arts publication Vino fatale contains almost 200 black and white and colourful drawings, litographs, etchings, and paintings with the wine topics such as wine, cellars, vineyards, wine makers, giving a toast, corckscrews, bottles, vignettes, shapes of grapes, and the types of grapes. The old advertisements will amuse you with gentle, intelligent, and often absurd humour whilst having a drink.

About the Author

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Jirí Slíva was born in Pilsen in 1947, and has lived in Prague since 1966. After graduating from the University of Economics he spent eight years working as a sociologist and futurologist before becoming a freelance cartoonist, illustrator, and graphic artist in 1979. In 1993 he joined the Hollar Association of Czech Graphic Artists. He plays the guitar in Graficanka, a group of Czech graphic artists. He has illustrated more than 170 books, as well as publishing twenty books of his cartoons.