Parenthesis
Author | : Élodie Durand |
Publisher | : IDW Publishing |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2021-02-10 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781684069590 |
ISBN-13 | : 1684069599 |
Rating | : 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: A triumph of graphic memoir, Parenthesis narrates the author’s experience with tumor-related epilepsy—losing herself, and finding herself again. Julie is barely out of her teens when a tumor begins pressing on her brain, ushering in a new world of seizures, memory gaps, and loss of self. Suddenly, the sentence of her normal life has been interrupted by the opening of a parenthesis that may never close. Based on the real experiences of cartoonist Élodie Durand, Parenthesis is a gripping testament of struggle, fragility, acceptance, and transformation which was deservedly awarded the Revelation Prize of the Angoulême International Comics Festival.