Crushing (A Graphic Novel)
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
An Eisner Award Finalist
Life is full of connections–if you know how to make them. Crushing follows two people–one determined and a bit awkward, the other unsure where to begin–longing to find out where they belong. Their intersecting and overlapping journeys reveal hidden connections and the unpredictable and unexpected ways we may find each other.
Achingly beautiful, quietly defiant, and full of subtle wit and wisdom, Crushing is a story told in silence; a story without words but bursting with life and color.
This stunning debut graphic novel from Sophie Burrows is a timely look at life in an age of distance and a story of love and understanding -- a perfect book to read and to share.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Destiny drives this lonely hearts tale, a charming graphic novel debut about yearning and missed connections between two Londoners. Nearly wordless except for ambient chatter and urban signage, Burrows's pencil panels, in hues of sea green and gray illuminated with scarlet, picture two endearingly slouchy pale-skinned singletons who pass like clumsy ships in the night. A young woman with straight black hair dodges sexy underwear ads on the Tube and aims a hopeful, unrequited grin at a cute commuter who pointedly ducks his head behind a newspaper. Facing a barren fridge at home, she orders takeout at a kebab shop, where she encounters (and ignores) a quiet pajama-clad guy with a mop of red hair, whose story the narrative picks up as he takes a soul-crushing part-time gig and contemplates his isolation over a pint at a pub. The characters' parallel lives overlap, as when the dejected fellow crashes his bike in a traffic jam, and an ambulance hurtles past the momentarily optimistic heroine, en route to a concert alone. The "crushing" of the title alludes to both heaviness and new love, with an emphasis on the former, in a narrative that recommends optimism and a wry sense of humor while acknowledging the ubiquity of loneliness. Ages 16–up. ■
