Research Catalog
Temperance
- Title
- Temperance / Cathy Malkasian.
- Author
- Malkasian, Cathy.
- Publication
- Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books ; [New York] : Distributed in the U.S. by W.W. Norton & Co., ©2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 16-279 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 240 pages : chiefly illustrations; 27 cm
- Summary
- "Do concepts life war and enemies hold a people together? Does conflict have an irresistible cultural momentum? These are the questions the cartoonist Cathy Malkasian explores in Temperance. After a brutal injury sustained in battle, Lester has no memory of his prior life. For the next thirty years his wife does everything to keep him from remembering-- and re-constructing-- a society, Blessedbowl, that has since elevated him as a hero. Blessedbowl is a cultural convergence of lies, memories, stories, and beliefs. Its people thrive on ideas of persecution, exceptionalism, and enemies, persuaded that war lurks just outside their walls. Lester's gradual emergence from his amnesia signals a crisis for the people of Blessedbowl, as their illusions become less and less sustainable. The story of Temperance is an account of recovery and awakening. Malkasian creates a densely tetured social context, masterfuly conveying the idiosyncratic physical domain with its spiraling structures and quasi-medieval architecture along with intimate yet plastic portraits of her characters in a rich, tonal pencil line"--Page 4 of cover.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Graphic novels.
- Call Number
- JFF 16-279
- ISBN
- 9781606993231
- 1606993232
- OCLC
- 317919500
- Author
- Malkasian, Cathy.
- Title
- Temperance / Cathy Malkasian.
- Imprint
- Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books ; [New York] : Distributed in the U.S. by W.W. Norton & Co., ©2010.
- Edition
- 1st Fantagraphics books ed.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Research Call Number
- JFF 16-279