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A review by shanellewrites
Tales from the Inner City by Shaun Tan
4.75
"And look, our very own skulls, side by side, almost touching, like small brown coconuts packed full of parched loam or hollow as bells. What funny bubble-shaped things they are! Nobody will ever know the galaxies that once swirled inside them. No scientist of the future will decipher our great dreams and passions, no scientist will come at all. Some things are so completely lost, so gone, so absent, so vanished, so extinct, so...well there was never a right word for it. This is what you think about when you se yourself as a fossil."
That is just a taste of the beautiful writing that is in this book. There were images and moments where I felt so swept away and had to catch my breath.
This is very different from the kind of book I normally read, but I'm so glad I gave it a try. The artwork is absolutely incredible, and the writing is beautiful. The images that Shaun Tan gives his readers are stunning - bears with lawyers, pigs with missing trotters, owls in waiting rooms, the list goes on and on. I absolutely loved this book and would recommend it for anyone looking for a quick surreal read.
That is just a taste of the beautiful writing that is in this book. There were images and moments where I felt so swept away and had to catch my breath.
This is very different from the kind of book I normally read, but I'm so glad I gave it a try. The artwork is absolutely incredible, and the writing is beautiful. The images that Shaun Tan gives his readers are stunning - bears with lawyers, pigs with missing trotters, owls in waiting rooms, the list goes on and on. I absolutely loved this book and would recommend it for anyone looking for a quick surreal read.