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Epileptic
David B
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Description for Epileptic
Paperback. Presents a story of the author's brother's battle with epilepsy. In this book, the author delves into his own complex emotions and his family's troubled history, as well as his own youthful fantasy life. He also points his description of the family journey from one attempted cure to another, including acupuncture, spiritualism and macrobiotics. Num Pages: 368 pages, chiefly ill. BIC Classification: FX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 620.
The most acclaimed European graphic novel of the last ten years, Epileptic is David B.'s story of his brother's battle with epilepsy - but it turns into a penetrating and sometimes lacerating self-examination on the author's part, as he delves into his own complex emotions and his family's troubled history, as well as his own youthful fantasy life. Particularly pointed is his description of the family journey from one attempted cure to another, including acupuncture, spiritualism and macrobiotics.
David B.'s drawing is utterly extraordinary, balancing literal representation and expressionist psychological distortion.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780224079204
SKU
V9780224079204
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About David B
David B. is a founding member of L'Association, a group of French cartoonists who banded together as publishers in 1990 and have revolutionised European comics with their groundbreaking approach to format, subject matter and style. He has received many awards, including the French Alph'art award for comics excellence in 2000, and he was cited as European Cartoonist of the Year ... Read more
Reviews for Epileptic
An extraordinary graphic novel memoir of a childhood spent growing up with an epileptic brother... Epileptic possesses a charm, rhythm and majesty all its own
Time Out
A graphics extravaganza...bursting with energy and wild imaginings, a comic tour de force that is as emotionally gut-wrenching as it is visually stunning... Epileptic is a masterpiece - perhaps the masterpiece ... Read more
Time Out
A graphics extravaganza...bursting with energy and wild imaginings, a comic tour de force that is as emotionally gut-wrenching as it is visually stunning... Epileptic is a masterpiece - perhaps the masterpiece ... Read more