The Oopsatoreum

by Shaun Tan

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Behind every enduring innovation lies a vast cemetery of achievement: the world of failed inventions. Award-winning author and illustrator Shaun Tan explores this forgotten world in The Oopsatoreum, a fictional tale of a strikingly original but spectacularly unsuccessful inventor, Henry A. Mintox.

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A quirky quick read on crazy inventions at the wrong time. (

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SteveMcI | Jan 5, 2024 |

This was the first Tan book I picked up - not surprisingly, given it's the wordiest of this illustrator's work. I bought threee copies in Melbourne and before I knew it they'd all disappeared into other people's bookshelves. One more for me then.

A charming book that will make you smile, if not giggle, and quite a (brave?)departure in style from his others. There is not a dark moment in it.

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Behind every enduring innovation lies a vast cemetery of achievement: the world of failed inventions. Award-winning author and illustrator Shaun Tan explores this forgotten world in The Oopsatoreum, a fictional tale of a strikingly original but spectacularly unsuccessful inventor, Henry A. Mintox.

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What does it mean to be truly original?
Should creativity be measured only by success?
Or is it really the thought that counts ?
No matter how impractical?
Behind every enduring innovation lies a vast cemetery of achievement: the world of failed inventions.
Award-winning author and illustrator Shaun Tan explores this forgotten world in The Oopsatoreum, a fictional tale of a strikingly original but spectacularly unsuccessful inventor. Woven around strange and largely obscure artefacts from the Powerhouse Museum, the whimsical stories in this book are for anyone who has ever made a mistake.
Illustrated with original drawings by Shaun Tan and stunning photographs of objects from the Powerhouse Museum collection.

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