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簡怡君 簡怡君 i(6107058 works by) ( Jian Yijun )
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4 7 y separately published work icon The Viewer Gary Crew , Shaun Tan (illustrator), ( trans. 簡怡君 with title 觀像鏡 ) Taipei : 遠足文化發行 , 2005 Z845140 1997 single work picture book children's 'The Viewer tells the peculiar story of a boy whose obsession with curious artefacts leads him to discover a strange box at a dump site. It proves to be an ancient chest full of optical devices, one of which captures his interest; an intricately mechanical object which carries disks of images; scenes of destruction, violence and the collapse of civilisations throughout time. The boy is afraid, but also cannot help but look into the machine time and time again as the images shift and change...' (Source: Shaun Tan's website)
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