I've just finished Shaun Tan's 'TALE FROM THE INNER CITY', which I'm pretty sure was a recommendation from @PrepSchoolEng that I've just taken an age to get to.
It's a rather delightful book - melancholic and sonorous in a series of stories told from eccentric perspectives.
It's a rather delightful book - melancholic and sonorous in a series of stories told from eccentric perspectives.
Superficially about animals and humans in an urban environment, the whole thing felt like a rumination on the human condition, the animals providing a framing that made humanity's habits look all the more irrational.
The book simultaneously came across as an appeal to slow our pace of life, to cherish what's close and precious... as well as an acceptance that people will do what people will do. But perhaps, in one moment or another, we can be truly awake to the world around us.
The illustrations combined with the Gaiman esque fantasy, combined with the high philosophy, combined with a flowing, poetic style... this book is really something special. Beautiful on many levels. Highly recommended.
(Astute followers may remember me tweeting about The Arrival, his word-free tale of the immigrant experience. That too, is beautiful. You can find them both here - other bookstores are available: waterstones.com/books/search/t…
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