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The House

$ 760 元 原價 760

  對於同一個家,其中的成員,卻可能懷抱著不同的回憶,相異的情感。
  隨著時間,隨著成長,一個家如何昇華蛻變?什麼將我們持續聚攏在一起?

  當代圖像小說大師Paco Roca,獻給已逝的父親,充滿個人意義的作品。

  故事以三位兄弟姐妹為主角。父親,在一年之前過世了。如今他們三人決定將家裡那幢鄉間度假屋,重新整理打掃,準備出售。三個性格迥異的手足,對父親各自有著不同的心結、對房子也有不一樣的記憶片段;在各自離家多年之後,這幢父親花了多年打造與照養的房子,像是父親最後的要求一般,讓孩子們必需重回這個成長中充滿意義的所在,面對情誼並不算和諧的彼此,也透過房子,重新理解父親,完整他們的道別。

  故事線由過去與當下交織,以慢速停格的畫面堆疊角色的情緒,也讓讀者循著角色各自對房子的回憶片段,拼湊出這個家的發展史,與父親是怎麼樣的一個人。呈現最尋常卻也最溫暖的事物──一個家的模樣。有爭吵有不合,有悔恨但也有美好,讓我們想逃離卻又歸返。讓我們成為現在的自己。(文/博客來編譯)

  In this graphic novel by the internationally acclaimed, award-winning Wrinkles cartoonist, three adult siblings relive old conflicts as they clear out the family vacation home after their father’s death.

  The graphic novel The House is at once deeply personal (dedicated to Roca’s own deceased father) and entirely universal. Three adult siblings return to their family’s vacation home a year after their father’s death. They each bring their respective wives, husbands, and children with the intention to clean up the residence and put it on the market. But, as garbage is hauled off and dust is wiped away, decades-old resentments quickly fill the vacant home. Roca asks what happens to brothers and sisters when the only person holding the family together is now gone. Full-color illustrations throughout

Review

  “Roca examines grief as an overstuffed house that the bereaved must restore, rebuild, and, ultimately, let go in this touching and pensive ensemble cast graphic novel.”- Publishers Weekly

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