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The Singing Bones by Shaun Tan
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it was amazing
bookshelves: graphic-novels, fairy-tales, 2016

An absolutely stunning book of art. It's a hard book to categorize and my shelving is somewhat misleading. It's neither graphic novel nor fairy tale retelling, exactly, though it does contain both graphics and fairy tales. Shaun Tan has crafted 75 beautiful sculptures to represent 75 Brothers Grimm fairy tales, with little snippets from each fairy tale on the adjacent page. Each sculpture is quite simple, but thoughtful and perfectly atmospheric. I must admit that I don't check out that many books of art - so I don't know what to expect from this world - but to me at least, this was unlike anything I've ever seen.





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Reading Progress

October 19, 2016 – Shelved
October 27, 2016 – Started Reading
October 27, 2016 – Finished Reading

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message 1: by Ryan (last edited Oct 29, 2016 05:25PM) (new) - added it

Ryan This sounds very interesting, Emily! And those pictures are stunning. I'll be adding this :)


message 2: by Nicay (new)

Nicay Ohhh! Sounds amazing!


message 3: by eli (new)

eli Wow! I haven't heard of this one but it seems beautiful!


message 4: by Laura (new) - added it

Laura Those are amazing, and so simple, yet you still can guess which story is which. What a great find. :)


Victor Davis Thanks for the recommendation! This would be the second book I'm buying based on your review. The first was well received. :)


message 6: by K (new)

K Omg I love Shaun Tan but didn't know he did this! Can't wait for my copy! Seriously, if my house was burning down, I might run back inside for my copy of his book The Arrival. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92...


Nikki "The Crazie Betty" V. Wow, this sounds awesome! Just those couple of pics you posted had me completely enthralled.


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