Description
'It just blew me away.' JEFF LEMIRE
'Beautiful.' ROLLING STONE
'A masterpiece.' JOE SACCO
FROM THE BESTSELLING, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF BLANKETS AND HABIBI
From the celebrated author of Blankets and Habibi comes a long-awaited new graphic memoir. Ginseng Roots follows Craig and his siblings, who spent the summers of their youth weeding and harvesting rows of coveted American ginseng on rural Wisconsin farms. Following an injury, Craig rediscovers this herb, central to Chinese medicine, and embarks on an extraordinary journey from his midwestern roots to north-east China.
Suffused in a vibrant earthy palette, Ginseng Roots masterfully blends memoir, travelogue and cultural history to explore and illuminate ideas of creativity, doubt, healing and family.
An international event, this highly anticipated graphic novel - the first in nearly fifteen years from the best-selling, award-winning author of Blankets and Habibi - takes us on an extraordinary journey.
About the Author
Craig Thompson's graphic novels include Blankets, Carnet de Voyage, Space Dumplins and Habibi, an Observer Graphic Novel of the Month and a New York Times bestseller, which was described by Neel Mukherjee as 'a landmark publication'. His work has received four Harvey Awards, three Eisner Awards, two Ignatz Awards and a Rudolph-Dirks-Award.
Book Information
ISBN 9780571386611
Author Craig Thompson
Format Hardback
Page Count 448
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
