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Rusty Brown (Hardcover)
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Discover the long-awaited new book from the author of Jimmy
Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth and Building Stories. 'The week
after I finished the last page of Jimmy Corrigan I immediately
started a new long story based on characters who had originated as
parodies, but whom now I wanted to humanize... amidst a setting of
memories of my Omaha childhood and Nebraska upbringing.' (Chris
Ware, Monograph) Now, twenty years later, Ware is publishing Rusty
Brown in book form. It is, he says, 'a fully interactive,
full-colour articulation of the time-space interrelationships of
six complete consciousnesses on a single Midwestern American day
and the tiny piece of human grit about which they involuntarily
orbit.' The six characters are Rusty Brown himself, a shy schoolkid
obsessed with superheroes, his father 'Woody' Brown, an eccentric
teacher at Rusty's school, Chalky White, another schoolboy, Alison
White, Chalky's sister, Jason Lint, an older boy who bullies Rusty
and Chalky and fancies Alison, and the boys' teacher, Joanne Cole.
Ware tells each of their stories in minute detail (or as he puts
it, 'From childhood to old age, no frozen plotline is left
unthawed'), producing another masterwork of the comics form that is
at once achingly beautiful, heartbreakingly sad and painfully
funny. 'A treasure trove of invention... With its awe-inspiring
exploration of regret and ageing, anxiety and ennui... Rusty Brown
is a human document of rare richness' Guardian 'Chris Ware is one
of the great writers of our generation...I spent 20 minutes reading
the cover of Rusty Brown. Buy it. Buy all his work. Make your life
larger.' Mark Haddon, Observer
General
Imprint: |
Jonathan Cape
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2019 |
Authors: |
Chris Ware
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Dimensions: |
184 x 238 x 53mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
356 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-224-07813-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Graphic novels
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LSN: |
0-224-07813-5 |
Barcode: |
9780224078139 |
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