Australia to Z - Hardcover

Greder, Armin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1760113182 ISBN 13: 9781760113186

Publisher: Allen & Unwin, 2016

Synopsis

Juxtaposing words and images, the multi-award-winning author of The Island shines an uncompromising light on what it is to be Australian.

About this title

About the Author

Armin Greder worked as a graphic designer and later taught design and illustration at a tertiary art institute. Books he has illustrated include The Great Bear, An Ordinary Day, and I Am Thomas, all written by Libby Gleeson. He is the author and illustrator of The Island and The City. His work, in which charcoal is prominent, reflects his European background. He is the recipient of a number of international recognitions, including the Bologna Ragazzi Award, and he has been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Prize.

Review

"Australia to Z—an alphabet book, but not one for the young and teaching them their letters. Instead Armin Greder has cast his critical eye on us and our symbols."  —Libby Gleeson 

"Armin Greder's Australia to Z is a disquieting and potent work—a 'gloves off' account of Australian nationhood, and how we as a culture, might appear to those from other cultures. Alphabets are thought to be the province of young children, but here the format has been used to engage with adult concepts in a cryptic and powerful way. This is a profoundly significant work which will—like Greder's The Island and The City—provoke, disturb and challenge the reader's perception of what it means to be Australian, and what it means to be a global citizen." —Dr. Robyn Sheahan-Bright

About this edition

• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1760113182
• ISBN 13: 9781760113186
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32