Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (Love and Rockets (Graphic Novels)) - Hardcover

Hernandez, Gilbert

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9781560975397: Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories (Love and Rockets (Graphic Novels))

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1560975393 ISBN 13: 9781560975397

Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, 2003

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by Gilbert Hernandez
Collects "Heartbreak Soup" stories from Love & Rockets. Palomar is the mythical Central American town where these stories take place, and the stories weave in and out of its entire population, crafting an intricate tapestry of not only Latin American but also human experience.
HC, 9x11, 512pg, b&w

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Palomar is the mythical Central American setting for the "Heartbreak Soup" stories. Weaving in and out of the town's entire population, these stories craft an intricate tapestry of Latin American experience. Hernandez's densely plotted and deeply imagined tales have drawn comparison with the work of magic realist authors such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Isabel Allende and his depictions of women, most notably in the form of the indomitable Luba, and the Mexican-American experience have been universally lauded as the best examples the art-form has to offer. Displaying a rare affinity with the likes of Frida Kahlo, Federico Garcia Lorca and Pablo Picasso, Hernandez brings more than a touch of characteristic Latin American surrealism to his work. Following the lives of its residents from Luba's arrival in the town to her exit, twenty years later, Palomar includes such classic tales as "Sopa de Gran Pena," "Ecce Homo," "An American in Palomar," "Human Diastrophism," and "Farewell, Mi Palomar."

Collecting in its entirety one of the richest accomplishments in the history of the art-form in its ideal format for the first time, this volume is a must-have for longtime Love & Rockets fans and new readers alike.

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