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Stan and Nan
Sarah Lippett
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Description for Stan and Nan
Hardcover. A story of an ordinary couple and the people who loved them. It follows their lives from Stan's working-class background, to his premature death, through to Nan's struggle to cope, and the perils of ageing. It is about the importance of family, and about death, love, living and human connection. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 270 x 17. Weight in Grams: 622.
Sometimes, the simplest stories are the best... This is a lovely, tender book... Stan and Nan are all of our grandparents, their stability and infinite kindness much mourned as our ever-changing worlds spin frantically on.' Rachel Cooke, Observer My nan wrote me many letters back in 2011. They were about the love of her life, my grandad, Stanley Burndred. I've never met him, he died long before I was born, but his drawings, paintings and ceramics have been in my life for as long as I can remember. Every wall of Nan's house would be decorated ... Read more
Sometimes, the simplest stories are the best... This is a lovely, tender book... Stan and Nan are all of our grandparents, their stability and infinite kindness much mourned as our ever-changing worlds spin frantically on.' Rachel Cooke, Observer My nan wrote me many letters back in 2011. They were about the love of her life, my grandad, Stanley Burndred. I've never met him, he died long before I was born, but his drawings, paintings and ceramics have been in my life for as long as I can remember. Every wall of Nan's house would be decorated ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780224102537
SKU
V9780224102537
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-48
About Sarah Lippett
Sarah Lippett is a London-based artist and author. Her first graphic novel, Stan and Nan, was awarded the Quentin Blake prize for best narrative at the Royal College of Art and was published by Jonathan Cape in 2016, becoming an Observer book of the year. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, and Time Out. When ... Read more
Reviews for Stan and Nan
Lippett serves up a little slice of social history, and it's this that makes her book so rich and touching... This is a lovely, tender book... Her story brims with love.
Rachel Cooke
Observer
Both an intricate piece of superbly executed and charming illustration work and an exploration of ideas around shared memory and storytelling. ... Read more
Rachel Cooke
Observer
Both an intricate piece of superbly executed and charming illustration work and an exploration of ideas around shared memory and storytelling. ... Read more