Return To Eden Hardcover

Return To Eden Hardcover

USD $29.99 Paco Roca [Writer] Published by-Fantagraphics Books

About the Return To Eden Hardcover

The celebrated Spanish cartoonist's most ambitious work yet is a touching homage to his mother and a bittersweet depiction of life in post-war Spain. 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 is an award-winning graphic artist and a cartoonist from Valencia, Spain. Fantagraphics has published English editions of many of his graphic novels, and several of his works have been adapted to TV and film.

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The price of "Return To Eden Hardcover" at Austin Books & Comics is USD $29.99.

The publisher of "Return To Eden Hardcover" is Fantagraphics Books.

The genre of "Return To Eden Hardcover" is War.

"Return To Eden Hardcover" falls under the category of Graphic Novels (Hardcover).

The artist of "Return To Eden Hardcover" is Paco Roca. The cover artist is Paco Roca.

The writer of "Return To Eden Hardcover" is Paco Roca.