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A review by katherinevarga
Tales from the Inner City by Shaun Tan
I love the premise and execution of this book: speculative flash fiction and a few poems interspersed with gorgeous full-page artwork, each imagining an animal within a city where humans' dependency on, and destruction of, nature is made literal and immediate and intimate.
The stories were hit-or-miss for me, a few being too pessimistic or uneventful for my tastes. The hits were very strong, and if I ever teach flash fiction I'd consider using them as examples (my favorites were cat, bear, and tiger). The visuals throughout are stunning. IDK how artists do it.
The stories were hit-or-miss for me, a few being too pessimistic or uneventful for my tastes. The hits were very strong, and if I ever teach flash fiction I'd consider using them as examples (my favorites were cat, bear, and tiger). The visuals throughout are stunning. IDK how artists do it.