Pretending is Lying (Graphic Novel)

Pretending is Lying (Graphic Novel)
Sophie Yanow, Dominique Goblet
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NZ$ 48.00
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NZ$ 38.40
Trade Paperback
h241 x 171mm - 144pg
16 Aug 2022 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781681376806
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Pretending Is Lying is a memoir unlike any other. The first book to appear in English by the acclaimed Belgian artist Dominique Goblet, it is at once an intimate account of love and familial dysfunction and an audacious experiment in graphic storytelling. In a series of dazzling fragments - skipping through time, and from raw, slashing color to delicate black and white - Goblet examines the most important relationships in her life: with her partner, Guy-Marc; with her daughter, Nikita; and with her parents. More than a decade in the making, the result is an unnerving comedy of paternal dysfunction, an achingly ambivalent love story (with asides on the Beach Boys), and a searing account of childhood trauma-a dizzying, unforgettable view of a life in progress and a tour de force of the art of comics.
Dominique Goblet spent twelve years putting parts of her life to rest explicit snippets and fragments that condense her entire childhood and sketch a tender portrait of the adult she is today...Goblet hides nothing. And she forgives, weaving together, in gray and black and on yellowing paper, with strokes of her brush, a shocking kind of autobiography. "L Express" One of the most beautiful and successful books to be published by L Association. "du9" "Faire semblant c est mentir" raises interesting and upsetting questions about our relationships with our loved ones and the way in which we build those relationships. "Actua BD""
Dominique Goblet was born in 1967 in Brussels, Belgium, and studied illustration at St. Luke's Institute. Her first book, released in 1997, was Portraits creches and her most recent books, Les Hommes-Loups and Plus si entente, have been released by Fremok. New York Review Comics' release of Pretending Is Lying will be the first time her work has been translated into English. Sophie Yanow is a cartoonist and translator.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781681376806
Published: 16 Aug 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: The New York Review of Books Inc
Publisher: The New York Review of Books Inc
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 241mm
Width: 171mm
Pages: 144

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