Tales from Outer Suburbia Hardcover | Pages: 96 pages

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Title	:	Tales from Outer Suburbia
Author	:	Shaun Tan
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 96 pages
Published	:	October 28th 2008 by McClelland & Stewart (first published 2008)
Categories	:	Sequential Art. Graphic Novels. Short Stories. Fantasy. Fiction. Young Adult. Childrens. Picture Books

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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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Original Title:	Tales from Outer Suburbia
ISBN:	0771084021 (ISBN13: 9780771084027)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Locus Award Nominee for Best Non-Fiction/ Art Book (2009), World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Collection (2009), New South Wales Premier's Literary Award Nominee for Patricia Wrightson Prize (2009), Ditmar Award for Best Artwork (2009), Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Young Adult (2008) Children's Book Council of Australia Award for Older Readers Book of the Year (2009), Aurealis Award for Illustrated Book / Graphic Novel (2008), Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Bilderbuch (2009), Tähtifantasia Award (2016), Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year Children's & YA (2008), The Inky Awards Nominee for Gold Inky (2008), Adelaide Festival Award for Children's Literature (2010), Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Illustrated Book (2009), Literaturpreis der Jury der jungen Leser for Sonderpreis (2009), The Inky Awards Shortlist for Gold Inky (2008)

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Ratings: 4.32 From 8136 Users | 1282 Reviews

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Shaun Tans books are surreal, they are magic. Maybe his imagination starts where ours end! I fell for his books after reading 'The Arrival.' That had only pictures telling you stories. But this one has pictures and some little stories, too. There is a part in this book where he said that people often write down their untold feelings on paper and keep them hidden. Those can be in forms of poem or can be just some simple words. That part is so beautiful and true that almost made me cry! Well, for

4.5★The house at number seventeen was only ever mentioned with lowered voices by the neighbours. They knew well the frequent sounds of shouting, slamming doors and crashing objects. But one sultry summer night, something else happened, something far more interesting: the appearance of a large marine animal on the front lawn.Where do you go from here in a story titled Undertow? Australian author/artist Shaun Tan has THE most interesting imagination. The stories are short and thought-provoking in

is this really for children?? are children really this sad and dark and complicated emotionally?? i dont know, but i know that this book is outstanding. i think in a way it is harder to tell a story without words, like the arrival, but this shows that he is also an exceptional word-story-teller. and i am an exceptional word-hyphen-stringer.

There's something about Shaun Tan's books that are so ethereal and otherworldly it's like sitting at the edge of a very high cliff and quietly watching the clouds as they move past your feet. Tales from Outer Suburbia is no different, and it's like I want to absorb the book into my skin. That sounds weird. I can't explain it. I just want to. So very obviously definitely recommended.

This will be a book I will fondly come back to again and again. This will be a book I will gladly re-read with my children. This is a beautiful collection of little stories and illustrations, they compliment each other. I instantly recognised the world of Outer Suburbia. This book reminded me of long quiet afternoons. When our parents were away at work and we got back from school. This was the kind of world my brother and I inhabited in those hours. Thanks to the author and the people who helped

Tales from Outer Suburbia is a graphic novel for young readers by award-winning Australian illustrator and author, Shaun Tan. There are fifteen tales, each illustrated with Tans wonderfully evocative artwork. The endpapers are filled with intricate drawings; the contents page is in the form of an envelope whose stamps list the tales, their denomination denoting the page number, whose addressee forms the dedication, whose sticker credits the publisher, all so clever! The second-last page is

I love everything about this book from the illustrations to the quirky little stories. So much care has been taken to make the whole book fun, even the boring bits, check out the best ever contents page (image on my blog) The illustrations reminded me of the far side cartoons, and they pair up perfectly with the short stories. There are so many gems here it is tough to pick a favourite, the story about the government keeping missiles in everybody's gardens and how people soon modify them to be