Tales from the Inner City

A stunningly presented paperback edition of the winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2020. Twenty-five illustrated short stories that explore the relationship between humans and animals, by the award-winning visual storyteller Shaun Tan.

Where can we live if not in each other's shadows?

World-renowned artist Shaun Tan applies his extraordinary talent to a reflection on the nature of humans and animals and our urban coexistence. Featuring animals as diverse as crocodiles, tigers, bees, and whales, this is a dark and surreal exploration of the eternal love we feel and the destruction we cause. It shows how animals, whether domesticated, wild, or truly free, can save us and how we are intertwined, for better or for worse. "Tales from the Inner City" is a truly masterful work that carries Shaun Tan's characteristic wit and poignancy in both the prose and the exquisite illustrations.