Years of the elephant / Willy Linthout ; with assistance from Theo Linthout ; translation, Michiel Horn ; poetry by Theo Linthout translated by Serge Baeken.

Jaar van de olifant. English

"Years of the elephant is a sureal and touching graphic novel memoir about the emotional void and confusion created for a father when his son commits suicide. Linthout draws an allmost tangible pain with his imediate, rudimentary art and strong script combined with personal experinece."--Back cover.

"Charles is a man in his fifties, married to Simone with a regular job and his only child, Jack, is the apple of his eye. Then one day the Police come to their door with terrible news-- Jack has killed himself by jumping off the roof."--Cover flap.

[Tarragona, Spain] : Ponent Mon ; [Wisbech, England] : Fanfare, [2009].

162 pages : lack and white illustrations ; 24 cm

English ed.

Translated from the Dutch.