BlanketsThompson, Craig
Black Hole
9780375714726
ISBN 10: 0375714723 / 0-375-71472-3
ISBN 13: 9780375714726
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN 13: 9780375714726
Publication Date: 2009
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Winner of the Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz Awards The setting: suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the outset that a strange plague has descended upon the area's teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. The disease is manifested in any number of ways from the hideously grotesque to the subtle (and concealable) but once you've got it, that's it. There's no turning back. As we inhabit the heads of several key characters some kids who have it, some who don't, some who are about to get it what unfolds isn't the expected battle to fight the plague, or bring heightened awareness to it , or even to treat it. What we become witness to instead is a fascinating and eerie portrait of the nature of high school alienation itself the savagery, the cruelty, the relentless anxiety and ennui, the longing for escape. And then the murders start. As hypnotically beautiful as it is horrifying,Black Holetranscends its genre by deftly exploring a specific American cultural moment in flux and the kids who are caught in it- back when it wasn't exactly cool to be a hippie anymore, but Bowie was still just a little too weird. To say nothing of sprouting horns and molting your skin...
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Book Description: Random House USA Inc, United States, 2008. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Reprint. 234 x 168 mm. Brand New Book. Winner of the Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz Awards The setting: suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the outset that a strange plague has descended upon the area's teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. The disease is manifested in any number of ways -- from the hideously grotesque to the subtle (and concealable) -- but once you've got it, that's it. There's no turning back. As we inhabit the heads of several key characters -- some kids who have it, some who don't, some who are about to get it -- what unfolds isn't the expected battle to fight the plague, or bring heightened awareness to it, or even to treat it. What we become witness to instead is a fascinating and eerie portrait of the nature of high school alienation itself -- the savagery, the cruelty, the relentless anxiety and ennui, the longing for escape. And then the murders start. As hypnotically beautiful as it is horrifying, "Black Hole" transcends its genre by deftly exploring a specific American cultural moment in flux and the kids who are caught in it- back when it wasn't exactly cool to be a hippie anymore, but Bowie was still just a little too weird. To say nothing of sprouting horns and molting your skin. Bookseller Inventory # ABZ9780375714726 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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Book Description: PANTHEON, 2008. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 16.76 x 23.37 cm. chilling graphic novel set in suburban Seattle during the mid-1970s describes the lives of the area's teenagers, who are suddenly faced with a devastating, disfiguring, and incurable plague that has descended on the young people of Seattle. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.Our orders are sent from our warehouse locally or directly from our international distributors to allow us to offer you the best possible price and delivery time. book. Bookseller Inventory # 44766 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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Book Description: Pantheon, 2008. PaperBack. Book Condition: New. Suburban Seattle in the mid-1970s: A strange plague has descended upon the area's teenagers, manifesting itself in unpredictable ways, from the hideously grotesque to the almost undetectable. Enter the minds of a group of brilliantly realized characters - some who have the disease, some who don't, and some who will. And through them, experience the savagery, the petty cruelty, the anxiety, the ennui, and the desperate desire for escape that mark the nature of all teenage alienation. And then the murders start.! Black-and-white drawings throughout. 352p. Shelf worn and stains to the fore edge. Bookseller Inventory # 2111093 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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