Things to Do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park ... When You're 29 and Unemployed - Couverture souple

Wright, Aneurin

 
9781908434098: Things to Do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park ... When You're 29 and Unemployed
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ISBN 10 : 1908434090 ISBN 13 : 9781908434098
Editeur : Myriad Editions, 2012

Synopsis

A tour-de-force and eight years in the making, this is a powerful, superbly-drawn and deeply moving portrait of a young man coming to terms with his dying father, and with his own life, as he takes care of the old man in his final months.

When Nye's father phones to wish him a happy birthday, and reveals he has been 'certified for hospice', Nye slumps down on the nearest doorstep in shock. Unemployment means that he is free to move in to the trailer park where his father lives, and assume the role of chief carer. Their daily schedule of pill counting and medical checks unfolds into an extraordinary world where the protagonist is a minotaur, his father a rhinoceros, social workers are sea turtles and mobile homes move atop gigantic elephants. Curious neighbours and medical and social care workers - whether man or beast - become their friends, and the family comes together once more. And as the old man battles against emphysema, his shortness of breath becomes more evident until his speech bubbles, previously charged with pithy comment, are mostly filled with pauses. Aneurin Wright's unforgettable debut is a universal tale of love and loss told in a wholly original way.

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À propos de l'auteur

Aneurin (Nye) Wright was born in rural Idaho, USA, the son of a West Texan architect and a London writer. He earned a BA in English Literature from Yale and a BFA in Illustration and Communication Design from the Pratt Institute. He was hailed as 'an amazing talent' for his first book Lex Talionis: A Jungle Tale (Image, 2004). He was the animation director for the Short History of the United States cartoon sequence in Michael Moore's Academy Award-winning documentary Bowling for Columbine. He lives in Brighton with his wife, graphic designer Lyndsay Lucero.

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Éditeur
Myriad Editions
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1908434090
ISBN 13 
9781908434098
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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ISBN 10 :  1908434104 ISBN 13 :  9781908434104
Editeur : Myriad Editions, 2012
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