'Without doubt one of my favourite comics of the year, dealing with a very human situation, one that seems to be increasing in our society, while compassionately helping the reader in a subtle way to question how age is treated, bringing into sharp reflection how we deal with the situation of people with senility and allowing a researched insight into how they really behave, Roca warmly brings you into a beautiful but bleak world. One that could, terrifyingly, face any of us.' - Forbidden Planet
'Already a strong contender for graphic novel of the year' - Publishers Weekly
Wrinkles calmly, cleanly, painfully, forces us to face how we treat people in their twilight years... funny and alive... a light in the darkness.' -- Herald Scotland (Graphic Novel of the Month)
'There are deep currents here. At first you might not realise because of the quietness of the telling and the sereneness of the art. Roca's lines are characterful but never showy. The surface is so still it looks and feels glassy. But if you dive in you will cut yourself.' - Herald Scotland
'[Roca] does a fantastic job conveying lives surrendered to permanent convalescence. He does such a good job, in fact, that I hate Wrinkles. I hate it because it is so good and you should definitely read it.' -- GoodOKBad.com
"For anyone who has ageing parents or family in nursing homes it will hit home with added poignancy, but Roca's story is so well told we imagine it to be just as affecting even without that connection...an utterly spell-binding and truly wonderful read." - -- Pipe Dream Comics
Admitted to a home for the elderly because he suffers from Alzheimer's disease, for Ernest community life feels like an ordeal. But soon he accepts his new environment and decides to fight to escape from giving in to his awful destiny. For the author, the human community is like a library where books are piled up in mountains populated by yellowing paper of dreams and fantasies.
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Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.4. N° de réf. du vendeur G160699932XI5N00
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Vendeur : Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Good. Illustrated. In this graphic novel that inspired the award-winning animated film (starring Martin Sheen and Matthew Modine), two men whimsically escape an assisted living home to avoid confinement. Retired bank manager Emilio, suffering from Alzheimers, is taken to an assisted living home by his son. He befriends his roommate Miguel, an overconfident ladies man. Together, they employ clever tricks to keep the doctors from noticing Emilios ongoing deterioration - and keep him from being transferred to the dreaded confinement of the top floor of the facility. ("Better to die than to end up there." Their determination to stay active as individuals and maintain their dignity culminates in an adventurous escape. Full color illustrations throughout. N° de réf. du vendeur SONG160699932X
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Vendeur : Textbooks_Source, Columbia, MO, Etats-Unis
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