Epileptic
(Comic)
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Published
New York : Pantheon Books, [2005].
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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East - Adult Comic/Graphic | Graphic B B1113e | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Autobiographical comics.
B., David, -- 1959- -- Comic books, strips, etc.
B., David, -- 1959- -- Family -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Beauchard family.
Cartoonists -- France -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Epilepsy -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Epileptics -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
Medicine -- Comic books, strips, etc.
B., David, -- 1959- -- Comic books, strips, etc.
B., David, -- 1959- -- Family -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Beauchard family.
Cartoonists -- France -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Epilepsy -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Epileptics -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
Medicine -- Comic books, strips, etc.
More Details
Published
New York : Pantheon Books, [2005].
Format
Comic
Physical Desc
361 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Reading Level
UG
Level 4.2, 5 Points
Level 4.2, 5 Points
Notes
General Note
"Originally published in France in six volumes as L'ascension du haut-mal, by L'Association, Paris, 1996-2004. Volumes 1, 2, and 3 were or[i]ginally published in a single volume in English as Epileptic 1, by L'Association, Paris, in 2002"--Title page verso.
Description
Epileptic is a memoir of B.'s evolution into an artist, how learning to re-envision and recreate the world with his eyes and hands became his escape route from the madness and disease that might have destroyed him. B.'s family becomes involved with the shady alternative medicine world in France circa 1970 in an attempt to help his epileptic, unstable older brother. What B. picks up from that culture, from the military history he obsesses over and from his brother's cruel delusions is the raw material of his art: his stylized bodies and objects, which look like woodcuts and urn drawings, and especially his constant conflation of physical reality and symbolic value. With B.'s parents consumed with finding a cure, and his brother's quality of life deteriorating, B.'s dreams of a normal childhood are constantly undermined by his brother's illness, to be replaced by a waking and dreaming life filled with demons. This struggle becomes Epileptic's narrative core.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,UG,4.2,5.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,4.2,5.0,114194.
Language
Translated into English from the original French.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
B., D. (2005). Epileptic (1st American edition). Pantheon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)B., David, 1959-. 2005. Epileptic. Pantheon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)B., David, 1959-. Epileptic Pantheon Books, 2005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)B., David. Epileptic 1st American edition, Pantheon Books, 2005.
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