{"product_id":"creature-9nsvku","title":"Creature","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBEST OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e · SLJ Teen Librarian Toolbox\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the creator of \u003ci\u003eThe Arrival\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of essays illuminating his thoughts and advice for writers and artists, young and old.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Shaun Tan is one of the world’s most highly acclaimed narrative artists—his stories and images are loved by countless young and not-so-young readers around the world. Drawing upon 25 years as a picture book and comics creator, painter, and film-maker, \u003ci\u003eCreature\u003c\/i\u003e explores the central obsession of this visionary artist, from casual doodles to studied oil-paintings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Beyond sketches for acclaimed works such as \u003ci\u003eThe Arrival\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Thing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTales From Outer Suburbia\u003c\/i\u003e, this volume collects together for the first time unseen and stand-alone illustrations, each resonant with unwritten tales of their own. Detailed commentary by the artist offers an entertaining insight into the endless allure of imaginary, non-human beings and what they might tell us about our so-called “normal” human selves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Artists, writers, students, dreamers, and anyone interested in the deeper undercurrents of creativity, myth, and visual metaphor will find inspiration in these pages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eP R A I S E\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Weird and wonderful. Tan often explores the junction between adult experience and childhood memory.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A strange beast: dark, whimsical and deeply moving.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Like Miyazaki, Tan engages audiences across a wide range of age and sophistication.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ★ “Tan acts as artist, curator, interpretive essayist, and catalog editor for a gallery of over two hundred pieces of his own works that highlight a dominant theme of animate beings—some real, most invented, but all fellow travelers through our world and through our psyches.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBCCB \u003c\/i\u003e(starred)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ★ “This gorgeously designed coffee-table survey of his picture book, comics, exhibition and sketchbook work exposes readers to a 26-year panoply of off-kilter conceptions, in all their disquieting delight. Wondrous.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Levine Querido","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48032647119025,"sku":"9781646142002","price":5.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0748\/0020\/1905\/files\/smmedia_82c6af39f977098e54c37dfa46bbdd94.jpg?v=1791979589","url":"https:\/\/chroniclebooks.shop\/products\/creature-9nsvku","provider":"Chroniclebook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}