Going Under - Softcover

Zviane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2924049342 ISBN 13: 9782924049341

Publisher: POW POW Press, 2016

Synopsis

Depression feels like drowning from the inside. Welcome to the aftermath of a mental breakdown. Sophie is trying to mend the pieces of her broken life. The people around her think she is "cured," but she knows she still has a long way to go before she truly feels "better." Apnea is not a story as much as a process, fragments of a personal journey collected in order to make as much sense as possible of an experience which still feels impossible to describe. A sober portrait drawn in a minimal, almost self-erased style, Zviane's award-winning graphic novel showcases both her interest in classical music and her remarkable talent for intelligent, poignant character studies. Through this second-person account, she achieves a state of dissociation which mirrors the feelings of her protagonist - centering her narrative around emotions and the way images can convey them when words otherwise fail to do so.

About this title

About the Author:

Winner of the 2014 Joe Shuster Award for best Canadian cartoonist, Zviane studied music at Universite de Montreal before getting sidetracked by her growing interest in comics. She is the author of For As Long As It Rains, also from Pow Pow Press, as well as the popular L'Ostie d'chat series which was first published as a web cartoon. Apnea was awarded the Bedeis Causa for best album of the year, when it was originally published in French in 2010. She currently live in Montreal.

About this edition

• Publisher: POW POW Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 2924049342
• ISBN 13: 9782924049341
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 92