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Fitzgerald’s unjustly neglected novella, brought once more to the public attention because of a recent movie, is here given the graphic novel treatment. With evocative drawings of Benjamin’s shifting world and the changes of time-reversal on the titular character as well, the reader is brought on this gentle tale of one man’s odd dissolution. Whether Benjamin’s plight is a sorry one or an enviable occurrence is a question wisely never asked by the author. His “case” is simply presented before the reader and we are left to make up our own minds. Mr. Cornell’s sepia-toned drawings are convincing without being too heavyhanded on the realism and he manages to capture a fading era as well as the people drifting through Benjamin’s life. He almost effortlessly shows Benjamin’s mild bewilderment as well as whole-hearted acceptance of the strange card life has dealt him alongside the anger, frustration and willful blindness of the people that make up his existence.
I never knew that this story was originally a short story (1922) written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, but then I am not an avid reader of the classic genre. I enjoyed the movie (2008) that was adapted from this story, but this graphic novel is not very satisfactory. Because I have not read Fitzgerald’s short story, I can only compare it to the movie and judge it by itself. The drawings were mediocre and the story was vague and boring – there was no climax or the spectacle as in movie; rather just the undramatic facts. So the most exciting aspect, for me, was the discovery that Fitzgerald had written a story with such an intriguing plot back in 1922.
Very brief telling of a wonderful story. I loved the illustrations.
Muito mais divertido do que história melosa do filme!
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