Us Two Together (Hardcover)

In this beautifully illustrated graphic novel, now translated into English from Dutch, artist Ephameron chronicles her father's losing battle with early-onset primary progressive aphasia (PPA)-a rare form of dementia that advanced slowly and left him unable to speak or to coordinate his thoughts and actions. A moving sequence of paper collage illustrations layered under text depicts Ephameron's father's decline and her family's experience of caring for him. Compositional techniques combined with image, rhythm, and narrative work both to convey emotion and to frame illness in its context. Unlike other portrayals of dementia, Ephameron's does not shy away from portraying the brutality of the disease. Us Two Together is a poetic and melancholic depiction of how dementia slowly disintegrates a body.

General

Imprint:	Pennsylvania State University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Graphic Medicine
Release date:	October 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Ephameron
Translators:	Michele Hutchison
Dimensions:	241 x 178 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-0-271-08491-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Special features > Graphic novels
LSN:	0-271-08491-X
Barcode:	9780271084916

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