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Earthling
Aisha Franz
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Description for Earthling
Paperback. A finely woven account of aliens and alientation in the suburbs. Num Pages: 208 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: FX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
German cartoonist Aisha Franz's debut graphic novel de--tails a few short days in the life of two sisters and their single mother. Set in a soulless suburb populated by block after block of identical row houses bordered by empty fields and an industrial no-man's land, Earthling explores the loneliness of everyday life through these women's struggle to come to terms with what the world expects of them. Earthling unveils a narrative rich with surrealist twists and turns, where the peas on the dinner plate and the ads on television can both literally and figuratively speak to the most private ... Read more
German cartoonist Aisha Franz's debut graphic novel de--tails a few short days in the life of two sisters and their single mother. Set in a soulless suburb populated by block after block of identical row houses bordered by empty fields and an industrial no-man's land, Earthling explores the loneliness of everyday life through these women's struggle to come to terms with what the world expects of them. Earthling unveils a narrative rich with surrealist twists and turns, where the peas on the dinner plate and the ads on television can both literally and figuratively speak to the most private ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Drawn and Quarterly
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9781770461666
SKU
V9781770461666
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-70
About Aisha Franz
Aisha Franz was born in Furth, Germany and was named after an elephant from TV. She studied illustration at the School of Art and Design in Kassel and has worked as a freelance illustrator and cartoonist since graduating. She has published two graphic novels, which have been translated into Italian, Spanish, and French. Her work has been exhibited in Germany, ... Read more
Reviews for Earthling
From her pencil drawings to her naive yet dry illustrations, each image she's whisked out of her brain is so funny and sweet at the same time it's enough to make you have a little cry.- It's Nice That