Was She Pretty?
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (587 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B005M4ND9Y |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
From Publishers Weekly Illustrator Leanne Shapton's debut reads like a graphic-novel-cum-children's-book: each spread includes one or more scratchy, b&w line drawings plus short, facing-page, poetryesque texts. (Nov.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. In a serial description of Margaret's adventures reading her boyfriend Scott's journals, which deatail his past relationships, "Scott described seeing Diane on the subway with another man, and feeling jealous, but sorry for the man." Diane looks very mean, and the book is pitch perfect from start to finish. . It's narrated (and drawn) by a sharp but weary onlooker who is very intimate with all the principles, who seem to form a loose circle of friends. A picture depicting "one of the women Len used to know" shows a dour, hot, tight-sweater-wearing woman w
JamieJo said An absolute delight!. This book was recommended by a friend during one of those futile times at the end of a relationship. It was funny and insightful and I loved it from beginning to end.. Jessica said An excellent pass around book.. This is definitely a great book. I wish each of the relationship stories were a little longer though.. "Charming little book" according to SRooks. This is such a charming read. Perfect conversation starter to leave out on your coffee table, etc. Pretty little book!
Was She Pretty? can also share the shelf with the work of the legendary William Steig, whose early, psychologically revealing work inspired Shapton. Entire relationships are encapsulated in a few, stingingly perfect lines: "Colleen was Walter's ex-girlfriend from med school. A SINGULAR EXPLORATION OF MODERN LOVE AND ALL ITS DEMONS, IN WORDS AND DRAWINGSIn this brilliant gem of a book, artist/writer Leanne Shapton weaves together a voyeuristic tale of love and life through epigrammatic vignettes and sleek line drawings. She loved to dance with men at weddings." Pricking our insecurities, Shapton introduces us to Kim, whose ex "kept a drawerful of love letters in a kitchen drawer She would stare at it while she cooked." And Ben's ex, "a physiotherapist for the U.S. She wore small white shorts year-round."Fascinated by her own jealousy, Shapton interviewed acquaintances about their anxieties and peccadilloes, and the result is a book of surpassing originality: one of those unusual books that comes along to delight us all, like An Exaltation of Larks or Love, Loss, and What I Wore or Griffin and Sabine. An unflinching observer of human behavior, she invites us to peer into the hearts and minds of her characters--whil
She has contributed work to The New York Times, Harper's, The New Yorker, GQ, Jane, Flaunt, and Seventeen, among others. She runs J&L Books with the photographer Jason Fulford.. Leanne Shapton is an art director, illustrator, artist, and publisher based in NewYork