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This was such a beautiful book. It broke my heart and mended it at the same time. This is technically a graphic novel, although I think it's in the outer reaches of the definition. The book follows the corner of a room of a house throughout the millennia. The spirit of this book reminded me of Asterios Polyp, the art of Leanne Shapton and Maira Kalman, and the muted colors and quiet feel of Goodnight Moon. (I do not say this to infantilize the author's effort. Goodnight Moon was and is my favori
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Think about the spot where you are sitting or standing right now. Who or what was here last week? Last year? 100 years ago? What will be here 100 years from now? This thought-provoking graphic novel layers years of natural and human changes from the past and into the somewhat distant future over one spot – the corner of living room – and allows us to witness dialogue, arguments, growing families, natural disasters and historical context.
A totally unique reading experience! this graphic novel focuses on a single room and the occupants of it across time. It jumps from year to year to show how the room changes and what is happening to those who occupy the room.
Beautiful and evocative. Much more of an art book than a "graphic novel."
I took a class once where the instructor called comics "sequential art" and I didn't really understand that at the time, but it's definitely how I'd describe this book -- the illustrations and innovative layouts all work together to evoke resonance and emotion rather than to create narrative per se.
I'm putting this book into my interdisciplinary curriculum alongside "North Woods" and "August: Osage County" and will keep y ...more
I took a class once where the instructor called comics "sequential art" and I didn't really understand that at the time, but it's definitely how I'd describe this book -- the illustrations and innovative layouts all work together to evoke resonance and emotion rather than to create narrative per se.
I'm putting this book into my interdisciplinary curriculum alongside "North Woods" and "August: Osage County" and will keep y ...more
Astounding. A book I'm likely to return to time after time after time after time after time.
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