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Epileptic

By David B

(18)

| eBook | 9781407053332

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Book Description

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 tContinue

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A suitable case for comic treatment

Epileptic by David B Cape £16.99, pp368 David Beauchard's graphic novel memoir Epileptic explores the juncture of public and private life through the story of his elder brother, Jean-Christophe, who, at the age of 11, is found to have epilepsy. The n ... (read full critics)

guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

Epileptic By David B.

Original and moving, David B.'s Epileptic is a graphic memoir about the author's childhood near OrlÅ½ans, France. His older brother, Jean-Christophe, developed epilepsy at age 11, and the impact this had on the artist as a child, a teen and an adult ... (read full critics)

bookpage published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010

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Even though this is supposed to have inspired / be better than Persepolis (and the drawings are more sophisticated it's true) it wasn't nearly such an engaging story.
Once you got the gist of it a few pages in (his brother has epilepsy, the family struggle to deal with it) it's hard to keep g ... (continue)

Even though this is supposed to have inspired / be better than Persepolis (and the drawings are more sophisticated it's true) it wasn't nearly such an engaging story.
Once you got the gist of it a few pages in (his brother has epilepsy, the family struggle to deal with it) it's hard to keep going to reach the end of the 300+ pages. David B.'s reaction to the emotional drama he and his family go though is to retreat into himself and this makes it hard to engage and empathise with him in the book...
It feels a bit awful saying this; after all it's his life here! but... I think he could have got his side across, even with a bit of judicious editing.

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