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Chargement... Don't Go Where I Can't Follow (édition 2012)par Anders Nilsen (Auteur)
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A STORY OF LOVE AND LOSS INSCRIBED IN PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTCARDS, LETTERS, AND BEDSIDE SKETCHES In this collection of letters, drawings, and photos, Anders Nilsen chronicles a six-year relationship and the illness that brought it to an end. Don't Go Where I Can't Followis an eloquent appreciation of the time the author shared with his fiancée, Cheryl Weaver. The story is told using artifacts of the couple's life together, including early love notes, simple and poetic postcards, tales of their travels in written and comics form, journal entries, and drawings done in the hospital in her final days. It concludes with a beautifully rendered account of Weaver's memorial that Glen David Gold, writing in theLos Angeles Times, called "16 panels of beauty and grace."Don't Go Where I Can't Followis a deeply personal romance, and a universal reminder of our mortality and the significance of the relationships we build. Originally published as a limited edition in 2006, this collection includes a new afterword written by Nilsen. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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My only real disappointment with this work is the dearth of information about Cheryl Weaver, Nilsen's late fiance, and the subject of this book. Although we get to know Cheryl from a variety of different angles, the work still feels just a little too short to really allow us the room to get to know Cheryl, which makes it a little harder to really understand Nilsen's great pain upon losing her. Not because the reader can't sympathize, but more because it feels like Nilsen has kept the subject of his love (and this book) at arm's length, despite an obvious desire to be open and direct in telling this story.
Despite that complaint, I still love Don't Go Where I Can't Follow, and am enthralled with Nilsen's multimedia approach. His incorporation of letters, postcards, and personal photos allows him to tell a sad story without drowning in morbid, overwrought prose, and this technique proves to be perfect for the material at hand. ( )