David Szalay gewinnt den Booker Prize 2025 für „Flesh“ - Buchpreis

David Szalay gewinnt den Booker Prize 2025 für seinen Roman Flesh. Die Jury lobt formale Reduktion und strukturelle Präzision. Erste Auszeichnung für einen ungarisch-britischen Autor.

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#WhatWereReading : Joe adored the Grandville series by the great Bryan Talbot, eagerly awaiting this standalone prequel, which combines superb artwork & storytelling with layered references.

And yes, Joe is biased as he considers Bryan one of the greatest UK comics creators, and the Grandville series was a triumph (in his humble opinion)

Out now from Jonathan Cape

(and yes, that is a Star Trek top, we're dressed up for #Halloween in the bookshop today!)

#books #livres #GraphicNovels #BandeDessinee #BryanTalbot #TheCasebookOfStamfordHawksmoor #Grandville #UKComics #BritishComics #EuropeanComics #JonathanCape #bookstodon #RecommendedReading #comics

The Golden Age Girls: An examination of ageing in comics via Cliff Chiang’s Catwoman Lonely City, Jaime Hernandez Locas and Alison Bechdel’s The Secrets of Superhuman Strength.

Up now on Daredevils and Warriors. Originally published in the fantastic Boxes magazine issue 2.

https://daredevilsandwarriors.com/2024/09/21/the-golden-age-girls-understanding-age-and-identity-insights-from-comics/

#ageing #comics #catwoman #loveandrockets #jaimehernandez #cliffchiang #alisonbechdel #dc #fantagraphics #jonathancape #thepenguin

The Golden Age Girls: Understanding Age and Identity: Insights from Comics

An examination of ageing in comics via Cliff Chiang’s Catwoman Lonely City, Jaime Hernandez Locas and Alison Bechdel’s The Secrets of Superhuman Strength. Ursula K. Le Guin was one of the greatest …

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Bunjevac, Nina. 'Fatherland'. Jonathan Cape, 2014.
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Sad and bleak, like all Soviet memoir seems to be (I wonder why, not really, but y'know). A family memoir sprinkled with a history lesson. Before reading this, I knew almost nothing about Yugoslavia and its history concerning ethnic strife between Serbs and Croats. I know a little bit more now and it's surprising. You can really blame Christianity and foreign imperial powers for solidifying what is essentially an entirely fictitious divide between two peoples who were one people prior to meddling and colonisation by subsequent waves of conquering dickheads.
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'Fatherland' is short, punchy, and weaves a narrative that leaves the reader with unanswered questions. Did Nina's father find a way out like her mother requested, by orchestrating an accident while manufacturing explosives? Sure, seems like it. I like to think he chose family in his last moments.
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But ending it where she did, while suitable for the story being told, left me dissatisfied. What happened to Nina, Sarah, and Petey? And their mother and grandmother? I'll have to go looking for answers to these questions.
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Though it's a short book, it touches on a lot. Yugoslavia's expulsion from the Cominform for criticizing Stalin, the Orwellian climate of fear and recrimination under the Soviets, a daughter seeking a fuller accounting of her father's decisions and demise. Graphic novels are a great medium for memoir. Sacco's 'Palestine' and Spiegelman's 'Maus' come to mind.
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#anarchism #anarchist #anarchistreadinglist #ninabunjevac #fatherland #jonathancape #yugoslavia #canada #WW2 #tito #stalin #communism #sovietunion #cominform

I'm over halfway through my Patchwork pencils, with Acts 1-2 completed! Just over 100 pages to go 😁

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#379 David and Lai Ngan Corio - Megaliths: The Ancient Stone Monuments of England and Wales. Jonathan Cape, London, 2003, 1st edition. #DavidCorio #LaiNganCorio #JonathanCape #Megaliths #Archaeology #StandingStoneSunday #BookOfTheDay