Tales From Outer Suburbia
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TextPublication details: . Templar Books 2008Description: 102pISBN: 978-1-84011-313-6Subject(s): Children's stories | English Literature | Fiction | Picture Book | StoriesDDC classification: 813 Summary: 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. He gives us a portrait of modern suburban existence filtered through a wickedly Monty Pythonesque lens. Whether it’s discovering that the world really does stop at the end of the city’s map book, or a family’s lesson in tolerance through an alien cultural exchange student, Tan’s deft, sweet social satire brings us face-to-face with the humor and absurdity of modern life.
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| 813/TAG Atmasmriti | 813/TAN The Arrival | 813/TAN The Bird King | 813/TAN Tales From Outer Suburbia | 813/TAN The Singing Bones | 813/TAR One Day Elsewhere Series : A Cello on the Wall: 1989, The Fall of the Berlin Wall | 813/TOL How Much Land Does A Man Need? |
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. He gives us a portrait of modern suburban existence filtered through a wickedly Monty Pythonesque lens. Whether it’s discovering that the world really does stop at the end of the city’s map book, or a family’s lesson in tolerance through an alien cultural exchange student, Tan’s deft, sweet social satire brings us face-to-face with the humor and absurdity of modern life.
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