"An introspective, intriguing graphic novel that takes walking as a simple thing but crafts a memoir that’s both deeply personal and yet wonderfully universal. A gloriously wonderful book."  -  Richard Bruton, Comicon.com<br /><br />"<i>Walking Distance</i> depicts the contours of an internal landscape, and the comics page becomes the space through which we can journey with an introspective protagonist.”  -  The Comics Journal

Merging the personal and the political, observation and contemplation, the author examines what her life is and wonders what it should be; what is expected of a thirty year old woman by society, by family and friends and by herself. She walks the streets of her London, creating it and herself-gaining agency by being in control of her own direction speed and momentum. Walking is both an internal and external experience. It's a time for self-reflection, for observing others and for imagining how we appear to them. What is expected of a person of our age, sex, and race, and how should that influence what we do and how we feel about ourselves? A poignant and contemporary meditation on gender politics, social commentary, and eighties movies, all interlaced with shards of autobiography and illustrated with a beautiful series of sequential and non-sequential watercolour images.
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"An introspective, intriguing graphic novel that takes walking as a simple thing but crafts a memoir that’s both deeply personal and yet wonderfully universal. A gloriously wonderful book."  -  Richard Bruton, Comicon.com"Walking Distance depicts the contours of an internal landscape, and the comics page becomes the space through which we can journey with an introspective protagonist.”  -  The Comics Journal
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781910395813
Publisert
2024-04-09
Utgiver
Vendor
Avery Hill Publishing Limited
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
56

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Om bidragsyterne

Lizzy Stewart is an author and illustrator from Plymouth who currently lives in London. She won a Waterstones Prize for her debut picture-book There’s a Tiger in the Garden and has worked on numerous other books for children. For adults her work includes the short story collection It’s Not What You Thought It Would Be, an acclaimed graphic novel Alison and Lights, Planets, People!, a collaboration with writer Molly Naylor.