Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
de Bechdel, Alison
- Usado
- Bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Bueno/Fine
- Librería
-
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
Boston, Mass: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo (9.25"x6.25"). 232pp. Neon orange & black illustrated, paper-covered boards, illustrated endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket covered in protective mylar. Tail corner of lower board lightly bumped, else fine.
Sinopsis
Fun Home (subtitled A Family Tragicomic) is a graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel, author of the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For. It chronicles the author's childhood and youth in rural Pennsylvania, USA, focusing on her complex relationship with her father. The book addresses themes of sexual orientation, gender roles, suicide, dysfunctional family life, and the role of literature in understanding oneself and one's family.
Reseñas
El Apr 26 2014, un lector dijo:
A family biography in the form of a graphic memoir, this book is a truly amazing feat. 'Fun Home' refers to the nickname given to the funeral parlor which is the family business. It is also the wry, overarching metaphor of Bechdel's family life. Her father Bruce Bechdel is a part time English teacher as well as director of the funeral parlor. Her mother Helen is also an English teacher, yet despite their intellectual capacities both Bechdel's parents are emotionally distant and undemonstrative. Her childhood therefore plays out a constant disparity between the emotions and the intellect, a disparity which she experiences as a disturbing, unsettling mystery. It is thus her purpose to understand the implications of this mystery, whilst at the same time exploring and coming to terms with issues of sexuality, love, betrayal and secrecy. It is a brave expose of difficult personal and family relationships. A wonderful read.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Downtown Books & News
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 3904
- Título
- Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
- Autor
- Bechdel, Alison
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition, first printing
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston, Mass
- Fecha de publicación
- 2006
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Memoirs;
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
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- Jacket
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