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Tales from Outer Suburbia - Community Reviews back

by Shaun Tan
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ereksonj
ereksonj rated it 15 years ago
The surrealism in this book is compounded by the episodic structure. Some loose thematic connections tie across episodes. This is almost science fiction in a Twilight Zone sort of way.
debnance
debnance rated it 16 years ago
It's not on anyone's classics book...yet. But what a fantastic read! Fantastic is a key word, because every story feels like a fantasy, yet terribly real.Yes, I, who grew up in suburbia when nobody knew it would take over America like a disease, I always thought of suburbia as a strange world but ne...
Bashara Likes Books
Bashara Likes Books rated it 16 years ago
What does it all mean??? I don’t know and I don’t care, but I still love it! I love the way Shaun Tan’s work makes me feel – puzzled and a little unsettled, but also comforted and understood. I’ve been feeling annoyed by pretentious and purposely obscure literature lately, but this feels less like...
A Book Under My Pillow
A Book Under My Pillow rated it 17 years ago
Beautiful, beautiful bookmaking. I'm looking at the Arthur A. Levine version--just the arc--and it's so smart and thoughtful and deliberate in the best ways. Gorgeous.
futurista
futurista rated it 56 years ago
This is an odd and gorgeous graphic novel. It's full of the type of strange little dream-like stories I would have read over and over if I had owned this book as a child. I half wonder if the author came up with these ideas from his own dreams or if they were drug-induced because they're all delicio...
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