Highs and Lows

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The sixth collection of classic illustrations and cartoons by Sempé (b.1932) to be published by Phaidon / In Highs and Lows, Sempé deals with the contrasts, contradictions and absurdities of modern urban life / Originally published in France in 1970 and now available to an English-speaking audience for the first time / Sempe’s laconic, perfectly judged texts were translated by Anthea Bell, who helped bring Asterix the Gaul to the English-speaking world / Will appeal to cartoon connoisseurs and Francophiles as well as the general public