Present
Leslie Stein's Present is a lyrical graphic work that moves through New York City and memory. The present-day life of a bartender overlaps with younger memories, and everyday moments connect in a loose, flowing structure.
Work Information
A lyrical graphic work tracing the city and memory.
Published by Drawn & Quarterly, the book includes comics originally serialized on Vice and links fragments of daily life with watercolor lines. It captures the distance between self and city in a light, intimate tone.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Drawn & Quarterly
- Published
- 2017-10-17
- Pages
- 168 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 16.23 x 2.13 x 20.45 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781770462946
- ISBN-10
- 1770462945
- Price
- 4617 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Comics & Graphic Novels/Graphic Novels
A lyrical exploration of the city and memory, as drawn by a Vice cartoonist Leslie Stein takes us on a sinuous urban stroll divorced from destination, glimpsing New York City through her open eyes. While she is closing up a bar late at night, she is also an adolescent at a rave in the mountains, an adult grappling with her grandfather's fading memory or at one of her first waitressing jobs. Stein is a master storyteller, an urban explorer, and a loyal guide through dark days and simple, blissful encounters. Stein's curiosity about and generosity toward the world around her come through powerfully: each colorful story flows with vivid watercolors and delicate ink lines. Here, an autobiography is built through memories and moments tied together by loose lines, evoking a beautiful dreamlike yet endlessly relatable glimpse into the world of a thirty-something woman carving out a life for herself, one step at a time. Known for her acclaimed Eye of the Majestic Creature series, collected here are Stein's serialized Vice.com comics which have become a staple for the site, showcasing her storytelling abilities with a freer style. With an introduction and new material, Present will be a deluxe die-cut hardcover that is a meditation on memory. Stein asks us to take a moment to be here now, while acknowledging the other places and people we always carry with us.
Leslie Stein is the creator of the books Bright-Eyed at Midnight and Present , as well as the Eye of the Majestic Creature series. Her diary comics have been featured in The New Yorker, Vice , and the Best American Comics anthology. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Reviews
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Excellent slice of life graphic stories!!
Excellent slice of life comics. Only downside is that the page size isn't as big as her Eye Of The Majestic Creature series!!
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Another fine book from Leslie Stein!
Great artwork and story telling.