Summary
Stability withers where passion blossoms in this cool-toned meditation on mid-life relationships. A loving home and husband; two grown sons; a lakeside cabin with a picnic table where their initials are carved; and the chance encounter with a woman at a party that destabilizes it all. Elise is in her mid-fifties and is satisfied with life. But the moment she sees Dagmar, she’s entranced. What begins as eye contact transitions to harmless texting, and quickly swells into the type of lust and y…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781770464940 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1770464948 |
| Author: | Anneli Furmark |
| Publisher: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Imprint: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 228 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2022 |
| Weight: | 480g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 213mm |
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Critics Review
A love story that takes place against the darkness of winter in 1970s Sweden. The New York Times. [Anneli Furmark is] a wonderfully lyrical cartoonist … Best of all, though, are her gorgeous watercolours, which utilise blue and orange ice and fire to such marvellous effect. The Guardian
Anneli Furmark
Anneli Furmark was born in 1962 and grew up in Lulea, Sweden. She studied at the Umea Academy of Fine Arts, where she now occasionally teaches. A painter and comic artist, her first graphic novel The Mazes and Other Stories was published in 2002. She has since produced ten graphic novels and won the Urhunden Prize from the Swedish Comics Association for three of her books. Furmark’s work has been featured in numerous anthologies, and been published internationally as well as in several Swedish newspapers. The french edition of her book Red Winter was part of the Official Selection at the 2016 Angouleme International Comics Festival. Walk Me to the Corner is Anneli Furmark’s second book in English for Drawn & Quarterly.
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