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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Eric
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'Eric is a foreign exchange student who comes to live with a typical suburban family. Although everyone is delighted with the arrangement, cultural misunderstandings ensure, beginning with Eric's insistence on sleeping in a pantry cupboard rather than a specially prepared guest room.'

Notes

  • Originally published as a short story in the collection Tales from Outer Suburbia, this version contains new artwork.

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has been translated into Japanese.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2010 .
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      Extent: 44 p.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Reprinted: 00/09/2020
      Note/s:

      • Published April 2010.

      ISBN: 9781742372921 (hbk.)
    • Dorking, Surrey,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Templar Publishing ,       2010 .
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      Extent: 48 p.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 1848775873 (hbk.), 9781848775879 (hbk.)
Alternative title: エリック
Transliterated title: Erikku
Language: Japanese
    • Tokyo, Honshu,
      c
      Japan,
      c
      East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,      :       河出書房新社 ,       2012 .
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      Extent: 1 v.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 9784309273587, 4309273580
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Related Works

Eric Shaun Tan , 2008 single work short story young adult
— Appears in: Tales from Outer Suburbia 2008; (p. 8-19) 'Eric is eternally curious and effortlessly charming - a house guest whose approach to the world will capture your heart.' (From the publisher's website.)
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