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With three million copies in print, the Griffin & Sabine Trilogy has captivated readers worldwid with the saga of two unlikely lovers and the conspiratorial thrill of reading their private correspondence. It has been said that Nick Bantock's innovative fusion of lush illustration, creative storytelling, and pioneering paper technology created a new genre of fiction. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of this landmark publication, Chronicle Books and Nick Bantock have created this limited edition of Griffin & Sabine, available only while supplies last. It includes never-before-seen artwork, a special postcard, and a letter from Nick Bantock himself, all in a new binding. Whether reading it for the first time or the first time in ten years, the magic of Griffin & Sabine continues to weave its spell. A tribute to a legacy, Griffin & Sabine: Tenth Anniversary Limited Edition is destined to become a collector's item. Visit griffinandsabine.com!
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 An unusual book that strains the imagination while simultaneously stretching it, 2008-09-15
This book is one where you must first suspend a little of your reality disbelief before you read it. It is a purported postal correspondence between two entities, the male Griffin and the female Sabine. The correspondence is initiated via a simple postcard to Griffin in England from Sabine in the South Pacific. The initial message puzzles Griffin, as Sabine knows things that no one should know and Griffin has no memory of her.
Sabine responds with a message that she has been watching his art for years, giving some vague explanation of a phenomenon that allows her to see him. The correspondence continues and is more extensive, the book contains envelopes with detailed letters in them. Griffin eventually ends the correspondence, claiming that it has become too intense and he believes that Sabine was just a mental invention of his because he so longed for a friend.
The artwork in combination with an original story creates an unusual book that strains the imagination while simultaneously stretching it.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
The strange and intriguing correspondence of Griffin and Sabine, 2008-08-22
To pick up and open this book is to immerse yourself in a private world of communications between two people who have never met each other. Communications? Yes. There is the written communication and visual communication which we can read and see, and also a level of apparent telepathic communication which seems to increase during the course of the book.
The book itself must have been a challenge for the printer. It involves a mixture of postcards and letters. The letters are enveloped so that the experience of taking the letter from the envelope, reading it and replacing it makes the reader very much a participant in the experience.
There isn't much written story, but there doesn't need to be. Postcards and short letters are essentially point in time observations or one way communications. What makes this little book so enjoyable is its presentation and its involvement of the adult reader in an essentially tactile experience.
This review is dedicated to my friend Linda, who by drawing this book to my attention, reminded me that books are not just about the written word.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
27 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
 "How strange to have a paper love", 2008-08-12
Sometimes it seems true that "there is no new thing under the sun," but once in a while something truly original comes our way. Griffin & Sabine. An Extraordinary Correspondence is one of those books that restores your faith in creativity.
Their souls are joined by a mysterious connection -- Sabine, a stamp designer raised on a South Pacific island and carrying on her father's exploration of the natural world; Griffin, a lonely London post card artist struggling to find relief for his ailing soul. How does Sabine find him, how does she SEE his work as if with her very own eyes? What can come of their love story? Is their correspondence enough?
Author-illustrator Nick Bantock reveals the story in letters and postcards. Griffin's drawings are angular "realism with a twist" while Sabine takes elements of nature and embellishes them. The envelopes are fixed to the page with typed or lettered pages tucked inside, giving the reader a sense of participation in unfolding the letters to read them. The art and design concept are the real story here, though the small amount of text carries complex, well-expressed feelings.
If you have shelf space for wonderful artwork and an evocative little love story, then this book is for you; I'll be getting my hands on the sequels to read more of the story. Five stars for beauty and originality.
Linda Bulger, 2008
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
A voyeur's dream; beautifully written and hauntingly illustrated., 2008-07-06
The other reviewers have done a fine job discussing the content so I won't regurgitate that. But, this interesting book and its subsequent volumes are the bread and butter of any voyeur who likes to watch and think about the actions that are unfolding while staying a safe distance away. The details of the story are fleshed out nicely in little bits and pieces that you ascertain while reading the letters and postcards and as one reads it you discover just how sophisticated the characters truly are.
Being a scholar of film, I admit that the voyeur comes with the territory but these books take that to an entirely new level and as an owner of the entire series, whenever I find myself feeling worn out by the insipid storytelling that seems so typical of current literature (both written and televisual), I turn to these texts and feel mentally, and even somewhat spiritually refreshed.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Great for reluctant readers, 2007-11-05
I discovered this book years ago and often give it as a gift; now I've discovered that it teaches well too. This mythic love story combines romance, mystery, fantasy, and art while making voyeurs of us all. My reluctant readers -- at-risk high school students -- find the story compelling, the art intriguing, and the open envelopes tantalizing. There's lots to discuss and write about, and the artwork just makes the classroom experience that much richer. The students remained involved from beginning to end, and once we finished the first book, they demanded to read the next two. Griffin and Sabine gets them reading and seeing the world in different ways.
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