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Sobre l'autor

Nick Bantock was born in Stourbridge, England on the 14th of July 1949. He went to school in the suburbs of North East London, and from there moved on to an art college in the market town of Maidstone, Kent. At the age of 23, he quit his job in a gambling house and began working as a freelance mostra'n més illustrator. In 16 years he produced approximately 300 book covers, including novels by Philip Roth and John Updike. During the winter of 1988 he moved to Vancouver Canada, and two years later started work on his own books. He is most well known for his Griffin and Sabine Trilogy, an artful representation of a long distance romance. His other works include The Artful Dodger: Images and Reflections (2000) - a visual autobiography, and retrospective, Urgent 2nd Class: Creating Curious Collage, Dubious Documents, and Other Art from Ephemera (2004) and Windflower (2006) - with Edoardo Ponti. (Bowker Author Biography) Nick Bantock is the author of numerous illustrated novels, most recently "The Artful Dodger" and the tenth anniversary, limited edition of "Griffin & Sabine". Born in England, he now lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Publisher Provided) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Unattributed photo from author's website.

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Obres de Nick Bantock

Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence (1991) — Autor — 2,879 exemplars
The Forgetting Room (1997) 722 exemplars
Museum at Purgatory (1999) 672 exemplars
Egyptian Jukebox (1993) 403 exemplars
Windflower (2006) 189 exemplars
Kubla Khan: A Pop-Up Version of Coleridge's Classic (1816) — Il·lustrador — 180 exemplars
Dubious Documents: A Puzzle (2018) 77 exemplars
The Morning Star Trilogy (2004) — Autor — 66 exemplars
Solomon Grundy: A Pop-Up Rhyme (1992) 53 exemplars
WINGS (A Pop-Up Book) (1990) 38 exemplars
Griffin & Sabine Deluxe 6-Volume Set (2004) — Autor — 17 exemplars
Griffin & Sabine Writing Box (1994) 12 exemplars
The Gryphon Notecards (2001) 4 exemplars
Griffin & Sabine Notecards (1992) 4 exemplars
The Artful Dodger Diary: 2001 (2000) 3 exemplars
Capolan Blank Journal (1997) 2 exemplars
Notecards: The Venetian's Wife (1996) 1 exemplars

Obres associades

Contes de Canterbury (0014) — Il·lustrador, algunes edicions21,963 exemplars
The Third Policeman (1967) — Autor de la coberta, algunes edicions4,232 exemplars
The Canterbury Tales: A Retelling (2009) — Il·lustrador, algunes edicions529 exemplars
Sour Sweet (1982) — Autor de la coberta, algunes edicions387 exemplars
Dark Crusade (1976) — Autor de la coberta, algunes edicions262 exemplars
Death Angel's Shadow (1973) — Autor de la coberta, algunes edicions225 exemplars
The Glamour (1984) — Autor de la coberta, algunes edicions217 exemplars
Son of It Was a Dark and Stormy Night (1986) — Cover illustration — 162 exemplars
A Nest of Nightmares (1986) — Autor de la coberta, algunes edicions120 exemplars
Aliens in Space : An Illustrated Guide to the Inhabited Galaxy (1979) — Il·lustrador, algunes edicions101 exemplars
Starliners (1980) — Il·lustrador, algunes edicions62 exemplars
The Fantastic Planet : A World of Magic and Mystery (1980) — Il·lustrador, algunes edicions46 exemplars

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14th century (354) Anglaterra (336) Anglès (256) art (1,826) britànic (251) Chaucer (348) clàssic (800) clàssics (927) collage (338) Correspondència (264) Edat Mitjana (283) Epistolari (468) Epistolari (475) Fantasia (1,085) Ficció (4,891) Griffin & Sabine (203) humor (362) il·lustrat (518) Irlanda (173) Literatura (1,111) literatura anglesa (525) Literatura britànica (335) Literatura medieval (331) Llegit (643) Medieval (720) Middle English (380) misteri (176) Nick Bantock (176) no llegit (226) novel·la (314) novel·la gràfica (208) own (220) pendent de llegir (1,265) Poesia (1,736) pop-up (164) postcards (183) Relats curts (291) Romanç (274) series (163) tapa dura (203)

Coneixement comú

Nom normalitzat
Bantock, Nick
Nom oficial
Bantock, Nicholas
Altres noms
Fox, Nick
Data de naixement
1949-07-14
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
UK
Lloc de naixement
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, UK
Llocs de residència
Saltspring Island, British Columbia, Canada
London, England, UK
Maidstone, Kent, England
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada
Educació
Kent Institute of Art and Design (BA ∙ fine art)
Professions
artist
illustrator
author
Premis i honors
Bill Duthie Bookseller's Choice Award (1993)
Biografia breu
Nick Bantock was born in England. He went to school in the soulless suburbs of North East London, and from there he moved on to art college in the market town of Maidstone, Kent. At the age of 23, he gave up his job in a betting shop and began working as a freelance illustrator. Over the next 16 years, he produced covers for approximately 300 books, including novels by Philip Roth and John Updike. During the winter of 1988, he moved to Vancouver with his wife and young son. Two years later, he decided to try his hand at creating pop-up books, and the legend "Griffin and Sabine" was born.

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I liked the introduction of a 3rd person to the correspondence, it added sorely needed tension to the story. But I didn't like the ending. I guess we're supposed to guess what happened because of the picture on the last postcard, but a name change would have been nice to confirm it.

I've always like writing physical letters and sending/collecting postcards, kind of sad to see them go away, but instantaneous communication around the world is kinda nice too.
 
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ragwaine | Hi ha 33 ressenyes més | Mar 31, 2024 |
This one pretty much mimicked the first book. The problem seems to be that since the books are written as a correspondence, the writers can never meet, because it would be pretty silly to be writing each other letters or sending post cards from the same house.

I am still very curious about what's actually going on here and it did get a little more fantastical and surreal, which I liked.
 
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ragwaine | Hi ha 30 ressenyes més | Mar 29, 2024 |
I bought all of the Griffin and Sabine books, at least 20 years ago, probably longer. I was on a Nick Bantock kick after reading The Museum at Purgatory and loving it. I was also into a lot of postmodern stuff, anything different, bucking the normal structure or patterns of story.

BUT for some reason I never got around to them. I think I was worried they would be boring and not include enough "magic" or "monsters". So, after waiting all this time, I read this first book to my wife in two sittings on the same day.

There was "magic" and mystery and the format was cool and interesting. Looking forward to where this story goes.
… (més)
 
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ragwaine | Hi ha 67 ressenyes més | Mar 25, 2024 |
I used to see this book around a lot as a kid but never read it somehow. It's good! Nice twists, and perfectly creepy.
 
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caedocyon | Hi ha 67 ressenyes més | Feb 23, 2024 |

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Obres
50
També de
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Membres
16,675
Popularitat
#1,354
Valoració
3.9
Ressenyes
318
ISBN
125
Llengües
6
Preferit
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