Twister
$43.37
- Paperback
120 pages
- Release Date
14 March 2021
Summary
The last thing Piedro remembers is diving into the lake on his day off from work. Now he lies in a hospital bed with a wheelchair at his side. Casting a shadow from the doorway, his caretaker remarks on “how quickly one gets used to this kind of thing,” as she goes on to empty his catheter bag and to help him into his wheelchair.
Piedro must now deal with a growing mix of fear and powerlessness that surges within him as he realizes that he will be paralyzed forever; it bursts forth li…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780271088082 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0271088087 |
| Author: | Roland Burkart, Natascha Hoffmeyer |
| Publisher: | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Imprint: | Graphic Mundi |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 120 |
| Release Date: | 14 March 2021 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 165mm x 8mm |
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Critics Review
“This plainspoken dispatch will appeal to anyone who has confronted unexpected medical challenges, providing an uplifting example of how to build a different but fulfilling life.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Though concise, Burkart’s ink drawings minimize nothing—neither the insecurities of the draftsman handling his tools, nor the doubts of the protagonist, Piedro.”
—Jonas Engelmann Comic: The Magazine of Comics Culture
About The Author
Roland Burkart
Roland Burkart is a freelance illustrator based in Lucerne, Switzerland. A trained artist, he was rendered quadriplegic by an accident at work and has used a wheelchair ever since. Since his accident, he has learned to draw left-handed.
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