Return to Eden by Paco Roca
It all starts with a photograph: an ordinary scene of a young woman and her family picnicking at a Valencian beach in 1947. Now in her twilight years, Antonia cherishes this photo dearly; it holds the memories of her upbringing, her family - the key to her Eden. Taking off from this routine family outing, cartoonist Paco Roca paints a heartfelt portrait of his mother's formative years. This delicate portrayal of a humble family is at once an intimate biographical story and a broader reflection of the hardscrabble existence many faced in post-war Spain. Antonia and her family soldier through constant hunger, the shady dealings of the black market, traumas of war and parental abuse, and the oppressive atmosphere wrought by the Catholic church and Franco's authoritarian regime - and yet, they find oases of joy and wonder in cinema, imagination, and small acts of kindness. Roca is known the world over for his quietly powerful graphic novels, from Twists of Fate to The House, and this latest masterwork may just be his magnum opus. In Return To Eden, Roca manages to charge quotidian life with rare poignancy, in all its daily struggles and daydreams, and readers will come away deeply affected.Paco Roca, a Spanish author born in 1969, is part of a group of writers whose work was initially published in the groundbreaking journal El Vibora. Since then, he's published a number of graphic novels, including GOG (2000), The Lighthouse (2004), a narrative about an escaped soldier set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War, which won best script by the journal Notices of Tenerife, Spain's premier comic prize; Children of the Alhambra (2007), an adventure story about a painter of French nineteenth-century romanticism; and Wrinkles (2007), among others. He also worked as a writer and character designer on Wrinkles (La Tete en l'Air), an animated film adaption that won the Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781683969310 |
| ISBN 10 | 1683969316 |
| Title | Return to Eden |
| Author | Paco Roca |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Fantagraphics |
| Year published | 2024-02-27 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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