Notes From the Sofa - Hardcover

Briggs, Raymond

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1783521309 ISBN 13: 9781783521302

Publisher: Unbound, 2015

Synopsis

From the beloved and bestselling author of The Snowman comes his first book in ten years: a charming and beautifully illustrated work for adults. In Notes from the Sofa, Raymond Briggs traces the course of his life in a series of wonderfully observed vignettes that take him from the awkwardness and embarrassment of growing up to the vicissitudes and frustrations of growing old.

This collection features the best pieces from Briggs' regular column – 'Notes from the Sofa' – in The Oldie, Richard Ingrams' humorous monthly magazine. Amusing and touching by turn, these include his unwavering dedication to the arts and why he takes pleasure in being labelled a 'creative sociopath'; amusing anecdotes, such as how he became an accidental Winnie the Pooh tour guide to Japanese tourists; and general musings on life, including his confusion as a young child as to exactly where babies come from.

This is Briggs like you've never read him before, with a newfound freedom to write and draw about whatever he wants, without the restrictions of children's books and sometimes without the happy endings.

About this title

About the Author

Raymond Briggs is one of our most respected and beloved artists. Born in Wimbledon
Park in 1934, he studied at the Wimbledon School of Art and later at the Slade School of
Fine Art, and went on to produce a treasure trove of work. He has created characters that
are now icons for generations of children, including Fungus the Bogeyman, Father
Christmas and, of course, the beloved Snowman. The biography of his parents in graphic
novel form, Ethel & Ernest, became a bestseller in the UK, and an animated feature film
based on the novel will be released in 2016.He has won many awards over his career
including the Kurt Maschler Award, The Children's Book of the Year, Dutch Silver Pen
Award, and the prestigious Kate Greenaway Award twice for his Mother Goose Nursery
Treasury and Father Christmas. Raymond lives in Sussex.

Edition details

• Publisher: Unbound
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783521309
• ISBN 13: 9781783521302
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224