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020 _a9781606993231
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050 _aPN 6727.M242
_b.T245 2010
100 1 _aMalkasian, Cathy.
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245 1 0 _aTemperance
_cCathy Malkasian.
250 _aFirst Fantagraphics Books edition.
264 _aSeattle, Wash. :
_bFantagraphics Books ;
_a[New York] :
_bDistributed in the U.S. by W.W. Norton & Co.,
_cc2010.
300 _a240 pages :
_bchiefly illustrations ;
_c27 cm.
520 _a"Do concepts life war and enemies hold a people together? Does conflict have an irresistible cultural momentum? These are the questions the cartoonist Cathy Malkasian explores in Temperance. After a brutal injury sustained in battle, Lester has no memory of his prior life. For the next thirty years his wife does everything to keep him from remembering-- and re-constructing-- a society, Blessedbowl, that has since elevated him as a hero. Blessedbowl is a cultural convergence of lies, memories, stories, and beliefs. Its people thrive on ideas of persecution, exceptionalism, and enemies, persuaded that war lurks just outside their walls. Lester's gradual emergence from his amnesia signals a crisis for the people of Blessedbowl, as their illusions become less and less sustainable. The story of Temperance is an account of recovery and awakening. Malkasian creates a densely tetured social context, masterfuly conveying the idiosyncratic physical domain with its spiraling structures and quasi-medieval architecture along with intimate yet plastic portraits of her characters in a rich, tonal pencil line"--P. [4] of cover.
650 0 _aAmnesiacs
_vComic books, strips, etc.
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650 0 _aWar
_xPsychological aspects
_vComic books, strips, etc.
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650 0 _aMarried people
_vComic books, strips, etc.
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650 0 _aCulture conflict
_vComic books, strips, etc.
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650 0 _aFear
_vComic books, strips, etc.
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650 0 _aComic books, strips, etc.
_zUnited States.
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655 0 _aGraphic novels.
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655 0 _aGraphic novels
_zUnited States.
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_cBK
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