Highs and Lows

Jean Jacques Sempe's witty drawings and keen eye for the finer points of the human condition have delighted readers in France and beyond for over forty years. Now, his sharply observed and beautifully drawn cartoons are available in English for the first time.
In the sixth album of his classic illustrations and cartoons to be published by Phaidon, Jean-Jacques Sempe focuses his attention on the contradictions, absurdities and dichotomies of modern life. The captions were translated by the award-winning Anthea Bell, who also helped to bring Asterix the Gaul to the English-speaking world.