The Elephant in the Room
by Jack Bender
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Pub Date Apr 05 2016 | Archive Date Apr 05 2016
Description
"If ever there was a children’s book for adults only, this is the one: sweet and surreal, playfully Picasso, and full of cockeyed wisdom. I was charmed, and I’m giving the damn thing to everyone. I think you’ll do the same. My advice is grab a copy immediately. Yesterday, if possible." —Stephen King
Jack Bender is a storyteller. Sometimes this takes the form of painting in his home studio in Los Angeles, sometimes this means directing or producing award-winning television dramas like The Sopranos, Lost, and Game of Thrones. Bender's vibrant first book, The Elephant in the Room, is a collection of stories told through his art, a lyrical interweaving of abstraction, rich color and texture, and surreal dreaminess. With themes of morality, identity, love, loss, death, and birth, these stories are tender and intimate, but cut with Bender's biting humor and a master storyteller's sense of irony.
Jack Bender is a storyteller. Sometimes this takes the form of painting in his home studio in Los Angeles, sometimes this means directing or producing award-winning television dramas like The Sopranos, Lost, and Game of Thrones. Bender's vibrant first book, The Elephant in the Room, is a collection of stories told through his art, a lyrical interweaving of abstraction, rich color and texture, and surreal dreaminess. With themes of morality, identity, love, loss, death, and birth, these stories are tender and intimate, but cut with Bender's biting humor and a master storyteller's sense of irony.
Advance Praise
"If ever there was a children's book for adults only, this is the one: sweet and surreal, playfully Picasso, and full of cockeyed wisdom. I was charmed, and I'm giving the damn thing to everyone. I think you'll do the same. My advice is grab a copy immediately. Yesterday, if possible." —Stephen King
"From the fertile mind of Jack Bender comes another imaginative, delightful tale, full of characters more colorful than anyone you know in your own life. It is sophisticated and sweet, much like the man himself." —J.J. Abrams
"Bender's bawdy, whimsical, and honest artwork complements his weird and wonderful tales perfectly... Sometimes delightful and sometimes haunting, it is a book unlike any other in your library." —David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, creators of HBO’s Game of Thrones
"From the fertile mind of Jack Bender comes another imaginative, delightful tale, full of characters more colorful than anyone you know in your own life. It is sophisticated and sweet, much like the man himself." —J.J. Abrams
"Bender's bawdy, whimsical, and honest artwork complements his weird and wonderful tales perfectly... Sometimes delightful and sometimes haunting, it is a book unlike any other in your library." —David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, creators of HBO’s Game of Thrones
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781941758793 |
| PRICE | $34.99 (USD) |
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