The Placebo Man
by Tomer Hanuka
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This collection of nine short stories deals with identity, memory, and destiny. From the hollow existence of twenty-something urbanites in Brooklyn and their magical parallel lives, to a dense psychological collage of a split-second lifetime, the stories touch a raw nerve we never knew we had.Tags
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This is a series of short stories in comic form, about a variety of alienated people, drawn in a spare, sketch-like style with slightly scary looking human forms.
There is a haunting emotional quality to these stories. I am still learning how to read serious comics, taking in the illustrations with the words, and these stories require both. I appreciate how much depth the author accomplishes by having the "objectiveness" of the pictures support (or more frequently, belie) the spoken words. Compelling.
There is a haunting emotional quality to these stories. I am still learning how to read serious comics, taking in the illustrations with the words, and these stories require both. I appreciate how much depth the author accomplishes by having the "objectiveness" of the pictures support (or more frequently, belie) the spoken words. Compelling.
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- Genre
- Graphic Novels & Comics
- DDC/MDS
- 741.5973 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Drawing Comic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips History, geographic treatment, biography North American United States (General)
- LCC
- PN6790 .I83 .H302 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature Comic books, strips, etc.
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- English, French
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- ISBNs
- 2
