European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Searching for a relationship in a Sabine series Quot by Elisabeth Dunham the associated press a after a few years in psychotherapy Nick Bantock quit his career As a Painter and studied to become a therapist. Then he changed his mind again. But the time was t wasted. The artists Brief psychological training 12 years ago and More than a decade in therapy helped make a Best seller out of his Griffin amp Sabine the first Book in a. Vividly illustrated trilogy about an unusual correspondence Between two artists. Sabine s notebook chronicle books the second Book picks up will Griffin Moss travelling the world to avoid meeting the woman he loves and fears Sabine Stroem a postage stamp designer from the fictional Simon islands in the South Pacific. Both books have a Hammerlock on the new York times Best seller list. Sabine s notebook is 12th and has been on the list 17 weeks. Griffin amp Sabine stands at no. 13 in its 23rd week on the list. Like the first the new Book is a series of exquisitely drawn and painted postcards and envelopes. A turn of the Page reveals a note or the Back of an envelope with a letter that slips out unveiling the Story of the strange love affair Griffin a world travels and painful inner journey. Bantock is a British born artist writer. He lives on an Island near Vancouver British Columbia with his wife and their four children. He recently discussed his work at a Cate in san Francisco. The slight bearded author was animated and articulate even though he was coming Down with a cold at the Start of a National Book tour. His interest in psychology is evident. He dots his conversation with such words As a a synchronicity a a synthesis a a a dualism and  in the first Book Sabine writes to Griffin and tells him she always has been Able to see his artwork in her mind. Although he is frightened by the letters he writes Back. As their correspondence deepens they come to love each other. Sabine s notebook has Griffin moving from Ireland to Japan and other countries to avoid meeting with Sabine who travels to London to see him and ends up staying in his Flat while he a gone. They continue to write As Griffin runs. A Sabine a Griffin writes from Ireland. A i feel so much Calmer now that in be heard from you. You sound so gentle and tranquil. How could i have imagined that you would be the dark creature i am so terrified of when i read your card i wanted to return Home immediately. But i know precisely what would happen if i did. I would go along merrily until i came within sight of my door then id begin to a shake like a Bone in a dogs  he keeps travelling drawing Comfort from Sabines letters. Bantock says of his characters a she has her feet firmly planted. He a very ungrounded. He a try ing to hold himself Down with logic but really he Sall Over the  Sabine acts As a support a guide and a Lover at least in the emotional sense. A Griffin a she writes a it seems that you Are in the process of growing up right now. That amongst other reasons is Why in a waiting for  a big question for Griffin and Many readers is whether Sabine is real Bantock said. A she could be a manifestation of his own insanity or a real life Angel that is coming to devour him. The third Book answers that a Bantock said. A the Only thing my editors Are allowing me to say is that there is a Resolution. But it would be a very big disappointment to every body if i tied everything up in a neat Pink  Bantock grew up in a London suburb. Trained As a Fine artist he wound up in advertising and moved to illustrating Book covers a 300 Over 15 years. When he tired of that he and his wife Kim also an artist and their son moved to Canada. The family has grown to include 3vi-Ycar-old twins and a 20-month-old. He then illustrated children a books. Bantock said he barely wrote until 3vi years ago when he began the trilogy As a  i started doing Griffin amp Sabine it was for me. I Wasny to thinking of publishing. I did t actually believe there was a publisher out there who would have. The ability to come up with the  an understanding of the human psyche May be the key to the Success of the Book although Bantock admits there is some Appeal in sneaking a peek at other Peoples mail a a a great voyeuristic titillation a Cross Between Christmas morning and  he said his books act As a screen on which readers project their own needs. A the feedback in be had a the mail and people phoning me at 1 o clock in the morning from Guatemala a indicates that they feel like the Book has been written for them  paperback reviews Tho last Good German by Bill Granger Warner. Devreaux the spy hero of Bill Granger s november Man thrillers comes face to face with an old Nemesis a former East German defector out to stage a counter coup in his reunified Homeland. Celia a slave by Melton a. Mclaurin Avon. For women slavery often included sexual servitude. Such was the Case with Celia who was purchased in Missouri in 1850 at about the age of 14, then forced to submit to her master until she killed him five years later. She was hanged for his murder mias macintosh my Darling volumes one and two by Marguerite Young dalkey Archive. In a text that fills almost 1,200 pages Young explores the nature of miss macintosh a drowned elderly governess whose exterior was artifice she wore a wig and a false breast and whose Interior world remains a Mystic in. Vera Cartwheel who was cared for by miss macintosh in her childhood narrates the novel whose Joyce an monologues and Stream of consciousness prose created a literary sensation when it was first published in 1965. 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