The Singing Bones: Inspired By Grimms' Fairy Tales

Author: Shaun Tan

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  • : $35.00 AUD
  • : 9781760111038
  • : Allen & Unwin
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  • : 860.0
  • : September 2015
  • : 240mm X 185mm
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  • : September 2015
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  • : English
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Barcode 9781760111038
9781760111038

Description

Wicked stepmothers, traitorous brothers, cunning foxes, lonely princesses: There is no mistaking the world of the Brothers Grimm and the beloved fairy tales that have captured generations of readers. Now internationally acclaimed artist Shaun Tan shows us the beautiful, terrifying, amusing, and downright peculiar heart of these tales as never before seen.   With a foreword by Neil Gaiman and an introduction by renowned fairy-tale expert Jack Zipes, this stunning gallery of sculptural works will thrill and delight art lovers and fairy-tale aficionados alike.

Awards

Winner of Aurealis Award for Excellence in Fiction: Best Illustrated Book or Graphic Novel 2015. Shortlisted for Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Awards: Children's Book 2016. Long-listed for ABIA Australian Book of the Year 2016.

Author description

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 and the graphic novel The Arrival have been widely translated throughout the world and enjoyed by readers of all ages. 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.