Summary
The astonishing graphic novel that became a cult classic and a major movie.
Ghost World is the story of Enid and Rebecca, teenage friends facing the unwelcome prospect of adulthood, and the uncertain future of their complicated relationship. Clowes conjures a balanced semblance, both tender and objective, of their fragile existence, capturing the mundane thrills and hourly tragedies of a waning adolescence, as he follows a tenuous narrative thread through the fragmented lives…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780224060882 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0224060880 |
| Author: | Daniel Clowes |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Jonathan Cape |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 80 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2000 |
| Weight: | 243g |
| Dimensions: | 258mm x 170mm x 8mm |
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For once in a comic story, people are portrayed as they really talk and act. Clowes’ pitch is uncannily accurate
For once in a comic story, people are portrayed as they really talk and act. Clowes’ pitch is uncannily accurate * Washington Post *A hilarious, melancholy graphic novel * Newsweek *Clowes’ remarkable Ghost World might some day become a primer for the next generation of comics writers and artists… Masterfull * Spin *Clowes spells out the realities of teenage angst as powerfully and authentically as Salinger did in Catcher in the Rye for an earlier generation * Hartford Advocate *If ever there was a comic book story meant to be examined by non-comics fans, it’s this, a classic in any medium * The Onion *Not only an amazing comic, but an amazing piece of literature * The Stranger *Clowes is the master of the modern comic book * Factsheet Five *
About The Author
Daniel Clowes
Daniel Clowes was born in 1961. He is the creator of the comic books Eightball, Ghost World, which was made into a film by the director Terry Zwigoff, David Boring, and Ice Haven. His adaptation of his own Ghost World graphic novel for the screen earned him an Oscar nomination. A regular contributor to the New Yorker, McSweeney’s, and The Best American Comics, he lives in California with his wife.
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