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Bezig met laden... Off Season (2019)door James Sturm
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. The 2016 election of Donald Trump casts a pall over a marriage disintegrating under the weight of anger and depression. This oddly compelling domestic drama unfolds quickly with just two panels per page but captures the zeitgeist quite well. And despite the characters' dog heads, their humanity is quite evident. Trigger warning: MAGA hat. This is a moody, grey-toned graphic novel that trudges through a year of a painful divorce. Told by Mark, he, Lisa and their two children are drawn as canines. There's a pervasive atmosphere of dread urged forward by Mark's construction boss cheating him out of his pay, the 2016 election results, and Mark's mother's terminal illness. Even though you wouldn't want to listen to Mark telling these vignettes in person, as drawn and inked, they are powerful and author Sturm creates a distinct world of disengagement, with only tiny minor notes of hope. This is a sad treasure for Mark and Lisa's two children and for anyone who appreciates non-fictionish graphic novels. Quote: "Maybe two people liking something for different reasons is only a fight that hasn't happened yet." geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"How could this happen? The question of 2016 becomes deeply personal in James Sturm's riveting graphic novel Off Season, which charts one couple's divisive separation through the fall of 2016-during Bernie's loss to Hillary, Hillary's loss to Trump, and the disorienting months that followed. We see a father navigating life as a single parent and coping with the disintegration of a life-defining relationship. Amid the upheaval are tender moments with his kids-a sleeping child being carried in from the car, Christmas morning anticipation, a late-night cookie after a temper tantrum-and fallible humans drenched in palpable feelings of grief, rage, loss, and overwhelming love. Using anthropomorphized characters as a tactic for tempering an otherwise emotionally fraught situation, Off Season is unaffected and raw, steeped in the specificity of its time while speaking to a larger cultural moment. A truly human experience, Off Season displays Sturm's masterful pacing and storytelling combined with conscious and confident growth as the celebrated cartoonist and educator moves away from historical fiction to deliver this long-form narrative set in contemporary times. Originally serialized on Slate, this expanded edition turns timely vignettes into a timeless, deeply affecting account of one family and their off season."-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)741.5The arts Graphic arts and decorative arts Drawing & drawings Cartoons, Caricatures, ComicsLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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Da alle Figuren als Tierfiguren dargestellt sind (hat mich an Spiegelmans Maus erinnert), bleibt eine gewisse Distanz zum Betrachter.
Alles im allem wird eine eher depressive Stimmung vermittelt, weshalb ich beim Lesen auch immer wieder Pausen gemacht habe. Aber die Graphic Novel funktioniert gerade zum Transportieren der Stimmungen gut, mit einer Mischung aus Bildüberschriften und Sprechblasen.
Ich weiß nicht mehr, woher ich die Empfehlung hatte - danke. ( )