{"product_id":"misery-of-love-9781681379180","title":"Misery of Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eColonial history haunts this stunning, spectral-looking graphic novel, a spiritual sequel to the author's \u003ci\u003eYellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMisery of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, a spiritual sequel to the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eYellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e, Yvan Alagbé continues his unflinching interrogation of race and family in modern France. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book focuses on the dream-like memories of a woman named Clare, who is reluctantly spending time with her relatives for a funeral. Alagbé seamlessly glides between narratives of the family's past and present, all haunted by the legacy of France's colonial subjugation of Africa. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlagbé works in stormy grayscale washes, using comics, as he puts it, as \"a sacred dimension which celebrates, questions and perpetuates life.... I believe that life is not damnation but grace.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold through time shifts that echo Richard McGuire's \u003ci\u003eHere\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMisery of Love\u003c\/i\u003e is another ambitious, devastating masterpiece from one of France's best contemporary graphic novelists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yvan Alagbé\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review Comics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.30h x 8.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681379180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYvan Alagbé\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Paris and spent three years of his youth in West Africa. He is a cofounder of the publishing house Amok, which later merged with the Belgian publishing group Fréon to become Frémok, now a major European graphic novels publisher. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eYellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches at Haute école des arts du Rhin in Strasbourg. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDonald Nicholson-Smith \u003c\/b\u003eis a translator of French literature. He has translated works by writers such as Guy Debord, Henri Lefebvre, and Guillaume Apollinaire, as well as the noir fiction of Jean-Patrick Manchette and Thierry Jonquet. He is a Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Born in Manchester, England, he lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Yvan Alagb\u0026#195;\u0026#169; \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47283586433181,"sku":"9781681379180","price":47.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_404416c0-d82f-4bff-a886-ef1d49a2e87c.jpg?v=1759968509","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/misery-of-love-9781681379180","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}