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Chargement... Asterios Polyppar David Mazzucchelli
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Forse un po' pretenzioso e intellettualistico a tratti (alcuni dialoghi sono noiosi) ma si riscatta pienamente con tavole bellissime (con un mix di stili perfettamente pensato). È in definitiva nient'altro che una storia d'amore, con le 5 pagine disegnate sul rapporto di coppia più belle che io abbia mai letto. http://openlettersmonthly.com/issue/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/asterios-7.jpg Asterios Polyp is a 'paper architect.' None of his designs have ever been built, but he's still widely respected. He's also super smart (too smart for his own good?) and really fun to read about. And he has a crisis. And it's beautiful. Asterios Polyp is the first graphic novel I've really fallen in love with since I graduated from high school. It's the first one I've read that feels like it was really and truly written and drawn with an adult audience in mind. The story is pretty simple: a guy's life has more or less gone to crap, and he starts over, taking the opposite approach to life this time. Pretty straightforward, but as with any story, it's the telling that matters - and this one is told rather well. The pacing is spot-on and the art is, well, illuminating might be the most appropriate word. But more importantly, it's the little things the author gets right that make the story ring true. Particular character sketches seem drawn from life, the understanding of how memory works is surprisingly modern, and the concept of a double used here as a psychological crutch, allowing the protagonist to limp into his new existence. Even the opening of the tale works in its unbelievable, melodramatic way. Lightning strikes and a guy must flee his burning apartment. When does that ever happen? Well, it happens, so why not here. The guy hops on a bus, jumps off when he sees a help-wanted sign, and gets hired on the basis of his hello. When does that ever happen? Well, it happens, so why not here. It's a setup that wouldn't work with a young protagonist, because who is going to hire a twenty-year-old fresh off the bus? Now a fifty-year-old guy, you know what you're getting, and if he can still learn at that age he's a keeper. So yeah, pretty solid even if it's not breaking any new ground. Enjoyed it a lot the second time through.
LJ Best Graphic Novels 2009: In a masterfully visual relationship drama, Mazzucchelli uses colors, shapes, motifs, graphic techniques, and art styles in inventive ways to drive home the story of an award-winning but name-only architect who painfully rebuilds his own life after he loses home and marriage. It’s a shame that such an artistically accomplished work doesn’t have a story of the same high quality. If Mazzucchelli wasn't already considered one of the greatest living cartoonists, he probably should be now. This is a work that demands to be read, re-read, analyzed, and discussed. It's a great example of something that could only be done in comics. The medium is certainly richer for its existence. This is a book that stands with works by Updike, Roth, and other giants of American literature. It is undoubtedly one of the best novels of the year. “Asterios Polyp,” which took a decade for Mr. Mazzucchelli to complete, has been well worth the wait. Its ambition jump-starts the future of the graphic novel. Prix et récompensesDistinctionsListes notables
Asterios Polyp, its arrogant, prickly protagonist, is an award-winning architect who's never built an actual building, and a pedant in the midst of a spiritual crisis. After the structure of his own life falls apart, he runs away to try to rebuild it into something new. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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The writing is sublime and human, with some of those choice moments that ring as true because you've seen them before in your own life.
The art is not just beautiful, but evocative of the story itself. He uses so many different qualities of art style to help enhance the narrative.
Asterios as a character is fascinating. By turns unlikable but also incredibly sympathetic in the two different streams of the story, and as they converge, it's a powerful experience. ( )