You & Me Are So Nice Together: Celebrating Friendship in Words and Pictures

This quirky, creative tribute to friendship features illustrations from 60 contemporary artists from around the world, each inspired by a quote or saying about friendship, which accompanies the art. Unexpected, artsy, and a bit offbeat, this distinctive gift book offers a fresh take on this timeless subject.

Sixty international, prize-winning artists put a fresh visual spin on the many facets and values of friendship in this quirky, contemporary combination of pictures and words. Each artist has chosen and illustrated a quotation they find particularly inspiring and personally meaningful, resulting in a selection of lesser-known quotes and surprising sayings, from Chilean novelist Roberto Bolano to Senagalese feminist and writer Mariam B sports announcer Ed Cunningham, Mark Twain, Muriel Barbery, Ethel Barrymore, and many others. The art styles range from sweet to graphic, abstract, cartoon, graphic novel, representational, collage, and more. In a beautiful gift package, with a foreword by Lydia Denworth, author of the acclaimed book Friendship, the honest, heartfelt-with-attitude approach of You & Me Are So Nice Together is the perfect antidote to the overly sentimental odes to the enduring and never-more-important gift of friendship. Two pull-out postcards featuring art from the book are included as a bonus feature.

AUTHOR:
Lydia Denworth is the author of Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond, as well as a contributing editor for Scientific American and blogger for Psychology Today. Her work is supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and she lives in Brooklyn, NY.

SELLING POINTS:
• The pairing of an eclectic range of original illustrations by an outstanding group of contemporary editorial illustrators paired with lesser-known quotes and sayings about friendship make this an inventive, playful tribute to friendship, a trending topic in this time of social isolation and disconnectness
• Hailing from Spain, Poland, Sweden, France, China, Chile, Italy, Canada and beyond, each artist selected a quote or saying that spoke to them and created an original illustration for this collection. The result is a delightfully surprising range of styles, imagery, and mediums
• With an introduction by the acclaimed author of Friendship, Lydia Denworth, and a notably distinctive selection of quotes and art styles, this beautifully produced book makes a meaningful and collectible tribute to all kinds of friendship

ISBN: 9781635864328
Author: DENWORTH, LYDIA
Format: Hardcover
Publication date: 01/06/2022
RRP: $19.99
Pages: 144
Dimension: 178mm X 127mm
Imprint: Storey Publishing