Breathtakingly illustrated and hauntingly written, Tales from Outer Suburbia is by turns hilarious and poignant, perceptive and goofy. Through a series of captivating and sophisticated illustrated stories, Tan explores the precious strangeness of our existence/5(). when I was a kid, there was a big water buffalo living in the vacant lot at the end of our street, the one with the grass no one ever mowed. He slept most of the . 8 rows · · Shaun Tan is the New York Times bestselling author of The Arrival, Tales from Outer Suburbia, Brand: Scholastic, Inc.
Shaun Tan's Tales From Outer Suburbia is a book sure to satisfy both graphic novel lovers and readers of short stories. Tan's illustrations and his stories are whimsical and bizarre, eerie and beautiful. There are many influences here, but Library Journal puts it best: "Chris Van Allsburg meets The Outer Limits" (). Shaun Tan is the New York Times bestselling author of The Arrival, Tales from Outer Suburbia, Tales from the Inner City, Rules of Summer, and The Singing www.doorway.ru received the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in and won an Academy Award for the adaptation of his picture book The Lost Thing (from Lost Found: Three by Shaun Tan).Shaun lives in Melbourne, Australia. Shaun Tan: Tales from Outer Suburbia published in Australia by AllenUnwin, RRP: $ I do not understand the paradox of Shaun Tan. In a country with no tradition, and subsequently little undestanding, of illustrated books, from comics to picture books, Shaun Tan, who is essentially a creator of both, is revered as a national treasure.
Tales from Outer Suburbia is an anthology of fifteen short illustrated stories based on my memories of growing up in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. Each one is about a strange situation or event that occurs in an otherwise familiar suburban world; a visit from a nut-sized foreign exchange student, a sea creature on someone’s front lawn, a new room discovered in a family home, a sinister machine installed in a park, a wise buffalo that lives in a vacant lot. Summary: Tales from Outer Suburbia is a collection of short stories and illustrations bound together by a theme of urban mystery. The stories are sometimes wondrous and upbeat, but can also be hauntingly eerie and thought-provoking. Tales from Outer Suburbia is a graphic novel for young readers by award-winning Australian illustrator and author, Shaun Tan. There are fifteen tales, each illustrated with Tan’s wonderfully evocative artwork.
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