This fifth album of illustrations and cartoons by Jean-Jacques Sempé to be published by Phaidon features such familiar Sempé characters as artists, psychologists and more-or-less happily-married couples, although tyrannical computers and surprisingly friendly aliens also put in an appearance. Fresh, funny and beautifully illustrated in Sempé’s inimitable style, this book will appeal to cartoon connoisseurs and a general audience alike.
Anthea Bell OBE (born 1936) was an English translator who has translated numerous literary works, especially children's literature, from French, German and Danish to English. She was known for her numerous translations, including Austerlitz, one of the most significant German language works of fiction for the period since World War II, and of the French Asterix comics along with co-translator Derek Hockridge