The Griffin & Sabine Trilogy Boxed Set: Griffin & Sabine/Sabine's Notebook/The Golden Mean
With more than two million copies in print, Nick Bantock's trilogy of romantic intrigue is now available as a set, beautifully packaged in an illustrated slipcase created by the author. A lovely gift for those new to the saga of the mysterious lovers, this distinctive collection also makes an enduring keepsake for devoted fans.Product Details
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Review
Few books are more romantic than this trilogy, nor more surreal. Griffin Moss is a rather doleful, lonesome, gaunt, and haunted postcard designer in London. Sabine Strohem is an illustrator of stamps living on an island in the South Pacific. One day Griffin gets an extraordinary letter from Sabine revealing that she knows all kinds of things about his life and work--somehow, she can share his soul from afar. They start exchanging love letters, yet it remains an open question whether Griffin and Sabine are two hearts that mystically beat as one, or simply illusory. "You're a figment of my imagination," Griffin accuses Sabine. "You cannot turn me into a phantom because you are frightened," Sabine replies. Phantom or soul mate, Sabine is pursued across the globe by Griffin in an increasingly impassioned fashion, and the mysteries deepen.
The legendarily popular trilogy of books containing the Griffin-Sabine correspondence literally contains the correspondence: postcards, front and back, and letters in envelopes pasted into the book, which the reader must open and read--a temptation few can resist. Nick Bantock's story was way ahead of the computer game Myst, with which it shares a moody allure. Bantock designed hundreds of book covers (for Philip Roth, John Updike, and others) before he fled London for a lovely island off the west coast of Canada with his rather Sabine-like artist wife and became improbably famous by dreaming up this trilogy. His artwork is gorgeous, and countless romances have been intensified by exposure to that of Griffin and Sabine. --Tim Appelo
Customer Reviews
Completely Original
Nick Bantock's 'Griffin and Sabine' series is a completely original work, combining art and story/plot in a way that I've never seen before. If you value originality and creativity, you'll love his work. The combination of his art (he did all the art work in the books, as well as writing the tale) and the story is incredible - ignore those who say that the story is thin. It's the interplay between the writing and the art that matters, like the connection between the visuals and the dialogue in a great movie, or the connection between the lyrics and the music in a great song. It seems some people just don't get it, but if you're one of those who think that original, creative art is something special, then you'll love this.
Incredibly imaginitive...
This story takes you on a wildly unexpected journey between Griffin and Sabine. Just when you think you know where it's headed... you are taken to a completely different place! Incredibly imaginitive... beautifully designed artwork... Loved it!
Beautiful, intriguing and enchanting!
There is something incredibly exhilirating about reading other people's correspondence; that is essentially what you do when you read this trilogy. But there is more... it is a lovely and engaging love story with sufficient intrigue and mystery to keep you going from book to book. The illustrations are superb and are basically a feast for the eye.
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