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The most acclaimed European graphic novel of the last ten years, Epileptic is David B.'s story of his brother's battle with epilepsy - but it turns into a penetrating and sometimes lacerating self-examination on the author's part, as he delves into his own complex emotions and his family's troubled history, as well as his own youthful fantasy life. Particularly pointed is his description of the family journey from one attempted cure to another, including acupuncture, spiritualism and macrobiotics. David B.'s drawing is utterly extraordinary, balancing literal representation and expressionist psychological distortion.
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...Epileptic illustrates both the horrible density of reality and the vast possibilities of the human imagination -- Ian Samson, the Guardian
...bursting with energy and wild imaginings, a comic tour de force that is as emotionally gut-wrenching as it is stunning... -- Tony Gould, Spectator
a staggeringly original work of real power...astonishing -- Helen Brown, Daily Telegraph
reveal[s] a formidable talent and demonstrates the potential of a medium usually populated by superheroes and anthropomorphic mice -- David Thompson, Observer
the effect is spellbinding... -- Chris Power, BBC Collective
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...bursting with energy and wild imaginings, a comic tour de force that is as emotionally gut-wrenching as it is stunning... -- Tony Gould, Spectator
a staggeringly original work of real power...astonishing -- Helen Brown, Daily Telegraph
reveal[s] a formidable talent and demonstrates the potential of a medium usually populated by superheroes and anthropomorphic mice -- David Thompson, Observer
the effect is spellbinding... -- Chris Power, BBC Collective
The first UK edition of a legendary work of graphic non-fiction, the story of what it was like growing up with an older brother with epilepsy
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- PublisherJonathan Cape
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0224075020
- ISBN 13 9780224075022
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages368
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