Description
Jimmy Corrigan has rightly been hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever to be published. It won the Guardian First Book Award 2001, the first graphic novel to win a major British literary prize.
It is the tragic autobiography of an office dogsbody in Chicago who one day meets the father who abandoned him as a child. With a subtle, complex and moving story and the drawings that are as simple and original as they are strikingly beautiful, Jimmy Corrigan is a book unlike any other and certainly not to be missed.
The most ambitious, beautiful, moving 'comic book' ever produced: an astonishing tour de force that won the Guardian First Book Award 2001 and The American Book Award 2001.
About the Author
Chris Ware lives in Oak Park, Chicago, Illinois. His books include Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth, which won the Guardian First Book Award in 2001, Building Stories and most recently Monograph, which is part memoir, part retrospective of his career to date. He has won countless awards for his work and has been the subject of several museum exhibitions and scholarly monographs. His work appears regularly in the New Yorker.
Reviews
A mesmerising and heartbreaking tale of a heavily burdened and desperately unhappy individual, and the lasting influence of toxic family ties. * Evening Standard *
A bona fide masterpiece. * Strong Words *
Awards
Winner of Guardian First Book Award 2001. Short-listed for Guardian First Book Award 2001.
Book Information
ISBN 9780224062107
Author Chris Ware
Format Hardback
Page Count 380
Imprint Jonathan Cape Ltd
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 1133g
Dimensions(mm) 215mm * 172mm * 40mm
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