Alone
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (541 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1501153323 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"This small, graceful story becomes a lush fairy tale through Chabouté's stunning black-and-white art Widely regarded as his masterpiece. In a nearly silent story, Chabouté uses acute detail and tactile, sensual black lines to carve an expansive vision from confined spaces, and draws a deep emotional reservoir from simple actions, tiny moments, and small gestures. This is a narrative style that affords 9 pages to pick, panel by panel, through the details of a single room, and in which the main character doesn’t even appear until page 109. Already an international best seller and selected for the prestigious Angoulême International Comics Festival in France, available here in English for the first time, this ultimately moving story about an unlikely and surprisingly inspiring protagonist is sure to be embraced by all readers.” (Library Journal on Alone) . This kind of pacing and focus creates resonan
Tatsuhiko Kondo said Really good. If you like noir style comic. Really good.If you like noir style comic, this is the one.Great art, very hart warming story.Never heard this author before, but definitely my favorite now.
Every week a supply boat leaves provisions, its occupants never meeting him, never asking the obvious questions: Who are you? Why do you hide? Why do you never leave? What is it like to be so alone?Years spent on a deserted rock—a lifetime, really—with imagination his sole companion has made the lighthouse keeper something more than alone, something else entirely. Translated from the French by Ivanka Hahnenberger.. Available in English for the first time—the internationally bestselling graphic novel and an Off
Christophe Chabouté published his first work, Stories, based on the work of Arthur Rimbaud, in 1993 in France. Since then, he has received numerous prizes for his very personal illustration and storytelling style. . When Alone, a wholly original work of his, published in France, it was widely hail