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New York : Pantheon Books, 2019.
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LibraryThing member booklove2
First, I had to wait until I acquired a magnifying glass (with a light) to read this particular book. The font is small. Very small. Mr. Ware mentions a microscope early in the book, and I don't think this is a coincidence. It's almost like the book was supposed to be double in size but the
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publisher changed the size. BUT there are LIVES in this book. A handful of loosely connected people over many years. These cartoon people become REAL people. Ware is meticulous in these details. Little hints on a page indicate much more. Mr. Ware worked on this over 18 years. All of this requires quite a lot of skill. I especially liked a spacey sci-fi story with a psychotic astronaut written by one of the characters. I couldn't have read this without a magnifying glass (with light) but it was worth it. These characters will stay with me. Show Less
LibraryThing member villemezbrown
I've sampled Chris Ware here and there over the years, but I think this is the first full book of his that I have read, and frankly, I just don't get all the acclaim heaped on him. Pathetic and awful people live pathetic and awful lives in teeny tiny little panels.
I guess we can never have enough
I guess we can never have enough
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stories about toxic white males? Show Less
LibraryThing member arewenotben
My fourth 5 star in a row, there must be something in the water. The Lint/Cole sections that close the book off in particular are superlative.
LibraryThing member questbird
A dense work which really deserves the 'graphic novel' moniker. It focuses on the lives of several lonely teachers and students at a small school in Omaha, Nebraska. Ware uses elaborate panel construction to show multifaceted stories. The one about school bully and slacker Jordan Lint showed his
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entire life. Other stories tackle a painfully shy man whose first sexual experience is shaped by a rather crazy woman, and a teacher who endures regular racism at the school. Just like a modern novel, the book ends(?) ambiguously. I felt it dived quite deeply into its protagonists. I was annoyed by the regular use of very small text, though I didn't mind the micro-panels. Show Less
Awards
PEN/Jean Stein Book Award (Finalist — 2020)
NPR: Books We Love (2019)
Globe and Mail Top 100 Book (2019)
Los Angeles Public Library Best of the Year (Graphic Novels — 2019)
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English
Original publication date
2019
ISBN
9780375424328