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The art of flying / Antonio Altarriba, Kim ; translated from the Spanish by Adrian West, with a prologue by Stuart Green.
- Title
- The art of flying / Antonio Altarriba, Kim ; translated from the Spanish by Adrian West, with a prologue by Stuart Green.
- Author
- Altarriba, A. (Antonio)
- Publication
- London : Jonathan Cape, 2015
- ©2009
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- Description
- 207 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- "When published in 2009, The Art of Flying was hailed as a landmark in the history of the graphic novel in Spain for its deeply touching synthesis of individual and collective memories. A deeply personal testament, Altarriba's account of what led his father to commit suicide at the age of ninety is a detective novel of sorts, one that traces his father's life from an impoverished childhood in Aragon, to service with Franco's army in the Civil war, escape to join the anarchist FAI, exile in France when the Republicans are defeated, to return to Spain in 1949 and the stultifying existence to which Republican sympathisers were consigned under Francoism ..."--Amazon.com
- Uniform Title
- Arte de volar. English.
- Alternative Title
- Arte de volar.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Graphic novels.
- Awards (note)
- Winner, English Pen Award.
- National Comic Prize, 2010.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-4873
- ISBN
- 022409937X
- 9780224099370
- LCCN
- 2014495548
- OCLC
- 908417148
- Author
- Altarriba, A. (Antonio),
- Title
- The art of flying / Antonio Altarriba, Kim ; translated from the Spanish by Adrian West, with a prologue by Stuart Green.
- Publisher
- London : Jonathan Cape, 2015
- Copyright Date
- ©2009
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Awards
- Winner, English Pen Award.National Comic Prize, 2010.
- Added Author
- Kim, 1942- artist.Jonathan Cape (Firm), publisher.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-4873