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Sabine's Notebook: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Continues [Hardcover]

Nick Bantock (Author)
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September 1, 1992
Griffin—Foolish man. You cannot turn me into a phantom because you are frightened. You do not dismiss a muse at a whim. If you will not join me, then I will come to you. —Sabine

Sabine was supposed to be imaginary, a friend and lover that Griffin had created to soothe his loneliness. But she threatens to become embodied, to appear on his doorstep, in fact. So he runs.

Griffin & Sabine, the most creative and talked-about bestseller of 1991, left readers on the edge of a precipice. With Sabine's Notebook, they begin—along with Griffin—the fall. Once again, the story is told through strangely beautiful postcards and richly decorated letters that must actually be pulled from their envelopes to be read. But this volume is also a sketchbook and diary kept by the possibly unreal Sabine, who is living in Griffin's house in London while he wanders through Europe, North Africa, and Asia, backwards through layers of ancient civilizations—and of himself.

Filled with her delicately macabre drawings and notations, the notebook adds a darker element of visual intrigue to their complex and mysterious world. For the thousands who finished Griffin & Sabine and asked, "What happened next?," this second volume in the trilogy provides the answers—but raises new and even more haunting questions of its own.


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Devotees of Bantock's enigmatic bestseller, Griffin & Sabine , won't be disappointed by this equally intriguing and perplexing--and equally gorgeous--sequel. London artist Griffin Moss and islander Sabine Strohem, who have never met face-to-face or spoken via phone, exchange hand-illustrated, handwritten letters and postcards--ostensibly reproduced here, tucked into envelopes and removable for reading. As this installment opens, Griffin, frightened by his psychic connection to his otherworldly correspondent, flees England on a night sea journey from Italy to Japan and Australia. He leaves a letter for Sabine, urging her to stay in his abandoned studio. Winter turns to summer and Griffin's courage overcomes his trepidation; still, Sabine warns him to "be . . . cautious; the eye of the storm is a deceptive place." Griffin's initial distress and progressively optimistic outlook shine through his paintings. Sabine's cryptic visual messages seem tinged with mysticism and, possibly, malevolence. Perhaps because it has been established in the previous book, the couple's supernatural bond is less of a focus here, and at times, his art and hers are a touch too similar. Nevertheless, Bantock's distinctive premise continues to puzzle and delight, the wonderful stationery has an authentic look and, not surprisingly, the finale leaves room for another chapter. Author tour.
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Griffin creates a fictional character in Sabine, finds she is becoming too real, and flees his London home for a European journey when she threatens to arrive on his doorstep. Their notebook of adventures and travels is revealed in an especially strong abridged dual reading shared by Maxwell Caulfield and Marina Sirtis. -- Midwest Book Review --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 48 pages
  • Publisher: Chronicle Books; First Canadian Edition edition (September 1, 1992)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0811801802
  • ISBN-13: 978-0811801805
  • Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 8 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #96,219 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Makes you want to pick up a postcard and write a friend., November 24, 1998
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Words can not describe what Nick Bantcock has combined with pictures and postcards. He actually pulls you in as you must open envelopes to read the ongoing correspondence. Buy a bottle of wine, build a fire and join your significant other for a journey that will not leave you disapointed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Across time and space..., September 2, 2006
This review is from: Sabine's Notebook: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Continues (Hardcover)
Griffin and Sabine are located on opposite ends of the earth -- Griffin is a lonely artist in England, while Sabine is a mysterious native of the elusive Sicmon Island chain in the South Pacific. Somehow, these two unique souls manage to find one another via a postal correspondence, and it is this correspondence back and forth which comprises the Griffin and Sabine books. Griffin and Sabine come to realize very quickly that their lives are inextricably bound up with one another, and that their coming together, face to face, is of utmost importance, not only for their own sanity, but possibly for the fate of the very world. Unfortunately, meeting face to face is more difficult than each of them could ever have imagined, and their quest to reach out to one another in a world of smoke and mirrors forms the backbone of these books.

I have loved these books since I first read them several years ago, and I keep coming back to them and rereading them over and over. They are truly able to transport you from Sabines sun-drenched paradaisical island home, to Griffin's rain-soaked isolation, and into other realms that are far less easy to describe. Excellently wrought and wonderfully creative, I encourage anyone with an imagination to read this trilogy: "Griffin and Sabine," "Sabine's Notebook," and finally, "The Golden Mean."
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5.0 out of 5 stars Your Heart Will Continue to Break for Sabine and Griffin, November 20, 2011
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In the second of the Griffin and Sabine stories, we find Sabine having travelled from her island in the South Pacific to London in order to finally meet Griffin whom she had been waiting to meet for many years. Griffin unfortunately had already picked up and left London to travel the world assuming that he would never see Sabine and never be able to realize fully the love he had for her. The book is then filled with the correspondence between Sabine who is writing from Griffin's home and Griffin who receives the letters at various points along his journey. A great ending that lends added sadness to the storyline that you will not want to miss!
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