The Man Who Grew His Beard GN

Schrauwen, Olivier

ISBN 10: 1606994468 / ISBN 13: 9781606994467

Published by Fantagraphics Books, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Man Who Grew His Beard GN
• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1606994468
• ISBN 13: 9781606994467
• Binding: Couverture souple
• Condition: Comme neuf

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Synopsis

• The Man Who Grew His Beard collects seven short stories. Though each stands alone, they are intertwined thematically, offering peeks into the minds of semi-autistic, achingly isolated men, their feverish inner worlds and how they interact and contrast with their real environment. Though Schrauwen taps ‘surrealist’ or ‘absurdist’ impulses in his work, you will not read a more careful and precise collection of stories this year. The stories included are: “Hair Types,” a hilarious piece that on the surface explores the pseudoscientific classification of personality as a function of hair but becomes something more akin to a fable about self-fulfilling prophecy; “Chromo Congo,” a silent story about two men on safari who meet a corpulent and obnoxious hunter; as well as “The Task,” “The Man Who Grew His Beard,” “The Lock,” “The Cave,” and “The Imaginist.”

From the Back Cover

Olivier Schrauwen has staked a reputation over the last decade as one of Europe's most talented storytellers. This, his first American book, combines seven head spinning short stories which mix influences like Winsor McCay with subversively surreal humor and subtle criticism of twentieth century tropes and images.