{"product_id":"creature","title":"Creature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePurchase this book:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 10px 20px; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0; background-color: #c41e3a; color: white; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 5px; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/creature-shaun-tan\/20654233?ean=9781646142002\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 10px 20px; margin: 5px; background-color: #00703c; color: white; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 5px; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/creature-shaun-tan\/1137433264?ean=9781646142002\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 10px 20px; margin: 5px; background-color: #ff9900; color: white; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 5px; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Creature-Shaun-Tan\/dp\/1646142004\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1IQHQVQXQFQXQ\u0026amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.dphW46Iamb-9y86NZVRdrw.nMv4MAx4EyJLvflom90Aq7rwTW5Y1v7_drbN5ac33Ak\u0026amp;dib_tag=se\u0026amp;keywords=creature+levine+querido\u0026amp;qid=1764706830\u0026amp;sprefix=creature+levine+querido%2Caps%2C76\u0026amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAmazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBEST OF THE YEAR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e· SLJ Teen Librarian Toolbox\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom the creator of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Arrival\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, a collection of essays illuminating his thoughts and advice for writers and artists, young and old.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShaun 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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCreature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores the central obsession of this visionary artist, from casual doodles to studied oil-paintings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeyond sketches for acclaimed works such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Arrival\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Lost Thing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTales From Outer Suburbia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\u003eArtists, 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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eP R A I S E\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Weird and wonderful. Tan often explores the junction between adult experience and childhood memory.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A strange beast: dark, whimsical and deeply moving.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Like Miyazaki, Tan engages audiences across a wide range of age and sophistication.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBCCB\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e(starred)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(starred)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003ca role=\"button\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expander-toggle='{\"allowLinkDefault\":true, \"expand_prompt\":\"Read more\", \"collapse_prompt\":\"Read less\"}'\u003e\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-collapse\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead less\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Levine Querido","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58397000499281,"sku":null,"price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/5091\/3873\/files\/71Xoh_K-30L._SL1500.jpg?v=1764715044","url":"https:\/\/www.levinequerido.com\/products\/creature","provider":"Levine Querido","version":"1.0","type":"link"}