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Dessous (2012)

by Leela Corman(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Bussy-Saint-Georges : Editions Ca et là

review 1: Moving story. Artwork that represents urban spaces (interiors and exteriors) and human figures as almost entirely curvilinear, which allows Corman to exercise a lively, expressive range in representing her subjects through the point of view of her coming-of-age protagonists, the sisters Esther and Fanya. In many ways, this aces the Bechdel test but also shows how communication/relations break down between the sisters as they navigate the rock and hard place position of first generation immigrant women at the turn of the century. I'd describe the plot more but it would sound miserablist in ways the artwork belies.
review 2: Since I'm not doing wedding planning anymore, I've taken the time to read a few graphic novels from our shelves that I've been somewhat inte... morerested in but never picked up. This was the first one. Although I think it's pretty good it never really grabbed me or spoke to me personally. I both appreciated and disliked the drawing style: it tends to highlight ugliness, which is totally appropriate to the story of the book, but I can't say I enjoyed it! After all, one of the pleasures of a graphic novel is looking at the pretty pictures. less

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