Shadow life
Book - 2021
Poet and novelist Hiromi Goto effortlessly blends wry, observational slice-of-life literary fiction with poetic magical realism in the tender and surprising graphic novel Shadow Life, with haunting art from debut artist Ann Xu. When Kumiko's well-meaning adult daughters place her in an assisted living home, the seventy-six-year-old widow gives it a try, but it's not where she wants to be. She goes on the lam and finds a cozy bachelor apartment, keeping the location secret even while communicating online with her eldest daughter. Kumiko revels in the small, daily pleasures: decorating as she pleases, eating what she wants, and swimming in the community pool. But something has followed her from her former residence--Death's sha...dow. Kumiko's sweet life is shattered when Death's shadow swoops in to collect her. With her quick mind and sense of humor, Kumiko, with the help of friends new and old, is prepared for the fight of her life. But how long can an old woman thwart fate?
- Subjects
- Genres
- Graphic novels
Psychological fiction
Comics (Graphic works)
Domestic comics
Psychological comics - Published
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New York, NY :
First Second
2021.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Edition
- First edition
- Physical Description
- 345 pages : chiefly black and white illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBN
- 9781626723566
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review