Sinister: A dead good book
A very good friend of mine from the states has just sent me the most marvellous book in the world ever. It's called Griffin and Sabine by Nick Bantock, and it's the story of a post card artist in England who gets post cards from a mysterious woman on a tropical island...basically the book's only a few pages long as it is all told on postcards and letters...it is wonderful because: The artwork is divine, a real joy to look at The book is about long distance friendships (and romances) developing via letters, quite a *sinister* thing to do I guess It really feels like you're reading other people's mail, always a slightly perverse thrill Apologies if this is old news, especially to US listees, but it really did blow my mind, and I've never seen it in this country. And I feel happy today because the sun was shining, and I had my sunroof open in the car, blasting out B&S as I sped along...bliss.. Gesundheit Risso x ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Listen, this is pish, I think I'll leave -----------------------------------------------------------------------
A very good friend of mine from the states has just sent me the most marvellous book in the world ever. It's called Griffin and Sabine by Nick Bantock, and it's the story of a post card artist in England who gets post cards from a mysterious woman on a tropical island...basically the book's only a few pages long as it is all told on postcards and letters...
Oh yes, the Griffin and Sabine books are beautiful!! I assume you got the first book of the trilogy; I have no idea what the other two books' official titles are, but they come in a boxed set. I love the mysterious and delicious ending of the last book where... Oh, I won't ruin it for you. -Kristen ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Listen, this is pish, I think I'll leave -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Nick Bantock's books are all beautiful. For christmas, my mom got me "The Forgetting Room" and it is as much a work of art as the Griffin and Sabine series. All of his books (and the Griffin and Sabine box set) are available at www.amazon.com - I don't know what their shipping rates for overseas though. xo jj On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Schaffenberger wrote:
A very good friend of mine from the states has just sent me the most marvellous book in the world ever. It's called Griffin and Sabine by Nick Bantock, and it's the story of a post card artist in England who gets post cards from a mysterious woman on a tropical island...basically the book's only a few pages long as it is all told on postcards and letters...
Oh yes, the Griffin and Sabine books are beautiful!! I assume you got the first book of the trilogy; I have no idea what the other two books' official titles are, but they come in a boxed set. I love the mysterious and delicious ending of the last book where... Oh, I won't ruin it for you.
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