Research Catalog

Title

Passing for human : a graphic memoir / Liana Finck.

Author

Finck, Liana

Publication

• New York : Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House, LLC, [2018]
• ©2018

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Details

Description

222 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color); 24 cm

Summary

"In this achingly beautiful graphic memoir, Liana Finck goes in search of that thing she has lost--her shadow, she calls it, but one might also think of it as the "otherness" or "strangeness" that has defined her since birth, that part of her that has always made her feel as though she is living in exile from the world. In Passing for Human, Finck is on a quest for self-understanding and self-acceptance, and along the way she seeks to answer some eternal questions: What makes us whole? What parts of ourselves do we hide or ignore or chase away--because they're embarrassing, or inconvenient, or just plain weird--and at what cost? Passing for Human is what Finck calls "a neurological coming-of-age story"--one in which, through her childhood, human connection proved elusive and her most enduring relationships were with plants and rocks and imaginary friends; in which her mother was an artist whose creative life had been stifled by an unhappy first marriage and a deeply sexist society that seemed expressly designed to snuff out creativity in women; in which her father was a doctor who struggled in secret with the guilt of having passed his own form of otherness on to his daughter; and in which, as an adult, Finck finally finds her shadow again--and, with it, her true self. Melancholy and funny, personal and surreal, Passing for Human is a profound exploration of identity by one of the most talented young comic artists working today. Part magical odyssey, part feminist creation myth, this memoir is, most of all, an extraordinary, moving meditation on what it means to be an artist and a woman grappling with the desire to pass for human." -- Publisher's description

Subject

• Finck, Liana > Comic books, strips, etc
• Finck, Liana
• Cartoonists > United States > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc
• Jewish women artists > United States > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc
• Self-acceptance > Comic books, strips, etc
• Jewish women artists > Biography
• Self-acceptance
• Comic books, strips, etc
• Cartoonists > Biography
• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Personal Memoirs
• BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Inspiration & Personal Growth
• COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS > Nonfiction > Biography & Memoir
• Cartoonists
• Jewish women artists
• Self Concept
• United States

Genre/Form

• Graphic Novels.
• Autobiography.
• Autobiographical comics.
• Comic books, strips, etc.
• Graphic novels.
• Comics (Graphic works)
• Comics (Graphic works).

Call Number

JFE 19-3068

ISBN

• 9780525508922
• 0525508929
• 9780525508939 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

1023859883

Author

Finck, Liana, author, artist.

Title

Passing for human : a graphic memoir / Liana Finck.

Publisher

New York : Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House, LLC, [2018]

Copyright Date

©2018

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Creator/Contributor Characteristics

Americans

Women

Local Note

ILLUSTRATED PERSONAL NARRATIVE BY CARTOONIST FOR THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE.

Research Call Number

JFE 19-3068