Tales from the Inner City

Shaun Tan

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Allen & Unwin
26 September 2018

Children's & Educational; Anthologies (Children's&YA); General fiction (Children's&YA); Short stories (Children's&YA)

Where can we live if not in each other's shadow?

World-renowned artist Shaun Tan applies his unique imagination to a reflection on the nature of humans and animals, and our urban coexistence. From crocodile to frog, tiger to bee, this is a dark and surreal exploration of the perennial love and destruction we feel and inflict - of how animals can save us, and how our lives are forever entwined, for better or for worse.

Tales from the Inner City is a masterful work, bearing all of Shaun Tan's trademark wit and poignancy in both its prose and exquisite illustrations.

By: Shaun Tan
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 185mm,
Weight: 965g
ISBN: 9781760523534
ISBN 10: 1760523534
Publication Date: 26 September 2018
Recommended Age: From 10 to 18 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Shaun Tan grew up in Perth, Western Australia and currently works as an artist, writer and film-maker in Melbourne. He began creating images for science fiction stories in small-press magazines as a teenager, and has since become best known for illustrated books that deal with social, political and historical subjects through dream-like imagery. The Rabbits, The Red Tree, The Lost Thing, Tales from Outer Suburbia, The Arrival, Rules of Summer and The Singing Bones, have been enjoyed by readers of all ages, locally and internationally. Shaun has also worked as a theatre designer, a concept artist for Pixar and Blue Sky Studios, and won an Academy Award for the short film adaptation of The Lost Thing. In 2011 he received the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in Sweden, in recognition of his services to literature for young people.

Reviews for Tales from the Inner City

'Shaun Tan's Tales from the Inner City is close to my book of the year for 2018. It's a collection of stories that reminds us that animals are people too, each accompanied by Tan's beautiful illustrations, which have the remarkable combination of being sad, unsettling and humorous. This simply profound book is one for readers of any age, from 5 to 100.' - Stephen Romei, The Australian