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Tales from the inner city / Shaun Tan.

By: Publication details: Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2018.Description: 209 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781760523534 (hardback)
  • 1760523534
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • A823.4 23
Awards:
  • Winner 2018 Aurealis Award for best graphic novel/illustrated work. Winner 2020 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal.
Summary: Tales from the Inner City is a collection of short stories that reflects on the nature of humans and animals, and our urban coexistence. From crocodile to frog, tiger to bee, this is a dark and surreal exploration of the perennial love and destruction we feel and inflict - of how animals can save us, and how our lives are forever entwined, for better or for worse.
List(s) this item appears in: Australian Graphic Novels | Awarded Graphic Novels
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Book Melbourne Athenaeum Library Graphic novels TAN Available 068588
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Tales from the Inner City is a collection of short stories that reflects on the nature of humans and animals, and our urban coexistence. From crocodile to frog, tiger to bee, this is a dark and surreal exploration of the perennial love and destruction we feel and inflict - of how animals can save us, and how our lives are forever entwined, for better or for worse.

Age 12+.

Winner 2018 Aurealis Award for best graphic novel/illustrated work.
Winner 2020 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal.

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