Summary
Now in paperback, a moving and stunningly illustrated graphic memoir about home, childhood, and family by the author of Storeyville and Pompeii.
Pittsburgh is the story of a family, and a city. Frank Santoro faces a straightforward yet heart-rending reality: His parents, once high-school sweethearts, now never speak to each other, despite working in the same building. Stuck in the middle, he tries to understand. The result is this book.
Using markers, pencils…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781681377865 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1681377861 |
| Author: | Frank Santoro |
| Publisher: | New York Review Books |
| Imprint: | New York Review Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 7 November 2023 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
Shortlisted for the 2020 Cartoonist Studio Prize, presented by The Center for Cartoon Studies and Slate
”[A] lush, innovative and important monument to loss.” — Hilary Chute, The New York Times “Best Comics of 2019”
“Santoro’s stupendously assured style is made to seem sketchy, preliminary, transient… . Santoro’s pans around the industrial vistas and timeless rivers are majestic as well as melancholy… . There are stories yet to end, and futures of uncertainty ahead. But art like Pittsburgh makes the world worth staying in.” —Adam McGovern, HiLobrow
“Examining his mother and father’s broken relationship, Santoro (Pompeii) expands their story into a superb combination of family saga, coming-of-age memoir, and tribute to his hometown of Pittsburgh … He simultaneously pays tribute and bears witness in artful detail, creating an origin story sure to move many readers to reflect upon their own beginnings.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
About The Author
Frank Santoro
Frank Santoro’s work has been exhibited at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York City and at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy. He is the author of Storeyville and has collaborated with Ben Jones, Dash Shaw, Gary Panter, and others. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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