{"product_id":"misery-of-love-yvan-alagbe","title":"Misery of Love (Yvan Alagbé)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eColonial history haunts this stunning, spectral-looking graphic novel, a spiritual sequel to the author s \u003ci\u003eYellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMisery of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, a spiritual sequel to the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eYellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e, Yvan Alagbé continues his unflinching interrogation of race and family in modern France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book focuses on the dream-like memories of a woman named Clare, who is reluctantly spending time with her relatives for a funeral. Alagbé seamlessly glides between narratives of the family s past and present, all haunted by the legacy of France s colonial subjugation of Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlagbé works in stormy grayscale washes, using comics, as he puts it, as  a sacred dimension which celebrates, questions and perpetuates life.... I believe that life is not damnation but grace. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold through time shifts that echo Richard McGuire s \u003ci\u003eHere\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMisery of Love\u003c\/i\u003e is another ambitious, devastating masterpiece from one of France s best contemporary graphic novelists.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eYvan Alagbé\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Paris and spent three years of his youth in West Africa. He is a cofounder of the publishing house Amok, which later merged with the Belgian publishing group Fréon to become Frémok, now a major European graphic novels publisher. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eYellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches at Haute école des arts du Rhin in Strasbourg.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDonald Nicholson-Smith \u003c\/b\u003eis a translator of French literature. He has translated works by writers such as Guy Debord, Henri Lefebvre, and Guillaume Apollinaire, as well as the noir fiction of Jean-Patrick Manchette and Thierry Jonquet. He is a Chevalier dans l Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Born in Manchester, England, he lives in New York City.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 232 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65820810772829,"sku":"K098522739","price":24.5,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9852273900001A.jpg?v=1788630706","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/misery-of-love-yvan-alagbe","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}