Parenthesis / Élodie Durand ; translation by Edward Gauvin.

  • Durand, Élodie, 1976-
Date:
[2021]
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

Parenthèse. English

Description

"This graphic memoir narrates the author's experience with tumor-related epilepsy: losing herself, and finding herself again. Judith is barely out of her teens when a tumor begins pressing on her brain, ushering in a new world of seizures, memory gaps, and loss of self. Suddenly, the sentence of her normal life has been interrupted by the opening of a parenthesis that may never close. Based on the real experiences of cartoonist Élodie Durand, "Parenthesis" is a gripping testament of struggle, fragility, acceptance, and transformation."-- From back cover.

Publication/Creation

San Diego, CA : Top Shelf, an imprint of IDW publishing, [2021]

Physical description

221 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

Awards note

Revelation Prize of the Angoulême International Comics Festival

Language note

In English, translated from French.

Reproduction note

Originally published: Paris : Editions Delcourt, 2010, under title: Parenthèse.

Languages

Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    PCL.AL.36
    Open shelves

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Identifiers

ISBN

  • 9781603094818
  • 1603094814