{"product_id":"misery-of-love-9781681379180","title":"Misery of Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eColonial history haunts this stunning, spectral-looking graphic novel, a spiritual sequel to the author's \u003ci\u003eYellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMisery of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, a spiritual sequel to the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eYellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e, Yvan Alagbé continues his interrogation of race and family in modern France. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book focuses on the dream-like memories of a woman named Clare, who is spending time with her family for her grandfather's funeral. Alagbé shifts between narratives of the family, all haunted by the legacy of France's colonial subjugation of Africa. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlagbé works in stormy grayscale washes, using comics, as he puts it, as \"a sacred dimension which celebrates, questions and perpetuates life.... I believe that life is not damnation but grace.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is another ambitious, devastating masterpiece from one of France's best contemporary cartoonists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYvan Alagbé\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Paris and spent three years of his youth in West Africa. He is a cofounder of the publishing house Amok, which later merged with the Belgian publishing group Fréon to become Frémok, now a major European graphic novels publisher. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eYellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches at Haute école des arts du Rhin in Strasbourg. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDonald Nicholson-Smith \u003c\/b\u003eis a translator of French literature. He has translated works by writers such as Guy Debord, Henri Lefebvre, and Guillaume Apollinaire, as well as the noir fiction of Jean-Patrick Manchette and Thierry Jonquet. He is a Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Born in Manchester, England, he lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York Review Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51501008584978,"sku":"9781681379180","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5ca2a6f6-2f72-40cb-9870-a5419b89584c.jpg?v=1753206363","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/misery-of-love-9781681379180","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}