Status
Available
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Publication
Amsterdam De Harmonie 2009
Description
Tamara Drew is loosely inspired by a 19th century novel -- Far From the Madding Crowd. Set in a writers' retreat, it is a thrilling tale of jealousy and desire.
Media reviews
I love the way Simmonds incorporates food in memories or settings — that’s the way real people talk of things, over meals, or remember key moments, though smell and taste.
User reviews
LibraryThing member beasleysMom
An updated (and loose) take on Far From Maddening Crowd. Easy to read and well worth the time. The illustrations add greatly to the characters involved. Along with Simmonds' earlier book (Gemma Bovary) this made me believe in graphic novels as a form of literature.
LibraryThing member milti
My very first graphic novel (it's true) from start to finish. I couldn't put it down. The plot and story is so simple it'd be mundane in print. But the pictures! Whoa! The story was meant to be picturised. I couldn't put it down!
LibraryThing member -Eva-
Part graphic novel, part plain text story about Tamara Drewe who inherits her mother's country house and moves in, wreaking havoc on the functional and dysfunctional relationships in the village with her flirty eyes and surgically enhanced nose. Engaging story of the clashes between solid country
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life and the flighty city life - the juxtaposition between pop-stars in flashy sports-cars and farmhands who work the land and pluck the feathers of ducks is acute. The story is loosely based on a Hardy-novel and it is evident that the drama-part is more that of a 19th century novel, but since the all the characters and their problems are distinctly modern, the mix of styles makes the story quite unique. Show Less
LibraryThing member questbird
The serenity of a comfy writers' retreat in a quiet English village is disrupted by the arrival of city hipster Tamara Drewe and her new nose-job. An interesting observational story of middle class weekenders and depressed locals, told with well-balanced prose and pictures from several viewpoints.
LibraryThing member SESchend
Surprisingly good graphic novel (serialized in the UK's Guardian newspaper, originally) and a fun take on the many aspects (good and bad) about writers.
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ISBN
9789460010590