The Illustrated Man - Flamingo Modern Classic

A classic collection of stories - all told on the skin of a man - from the author of Fahrenheit 451.If El Greco had painted miniatures in his prime, no bigger than your hand, infinitely detailed, with his sulphurous colour and exquisite human anatomy, perhaps he might have used this man's body for his art…Yet the Illustrated Man has tried to burn the illustrations off. He's tried sandpaper, acid, and a knife. Because, as the sun sets, the pictures glow like charcoals, like scattered gems. They quiver and come to life. Tiny pink hands gesture, tiny mouths flicker as the figures enact their stories - voices rise, small and muted, predicting the future.Here are sixteen tales: sixteen illustrations… the seventeenth is your own future told on the skin of the Illustrated Man.

ISBN:	9780006479222
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:	Harper Voyager
Published date:	04 Aug 2008
DEWEY:	813.54
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Sales rank:	11124
Number of pages:	239
Weight:	220g
Height:	196mm
Width:	129mm
Spine width:	20mm

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