{"product_id":"misery-of-love-9781681379180","title":"Misery of Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Yvan Alagbé | Donald Nicholson-Smith\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: New York Review Comics\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: New York Review Comics\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColonial history haunts this stunning, spectral-looking graphic novel, a spiritual sequel to the author's \u003ci\u003eYellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMisery of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, a spiritual sequel to the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eYellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e, Yvan Alagb� continues his unflinching interrogation of race and family in modern France. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book focuses on the dream-like memories of a woman named Clare, who is reluctantly spending time with her relatives for a funeral. Alagb� seamlessly glides between narratives of the family's past and present, all haunted by the legacy of France's colonial subjugation of Africa. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlagb� works in stormy grayscale washes, using comics, as he puts it, as \"a sacred dimension which celebrates, questions and perpetuates life.... I believe that life is not damnation but grace.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold through time shifts that echo Richard McGuire's \u003ci\u003eHere\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMisery of Love\u003c\/i\u003e is another ambitious, devastating masterpiece from one of France's best contemporary graphic novelists.","brand":"New York Review Comics","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46915797614743,"sku":"9781681379180","price":3510.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781681379180.webp?v=1771256826","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/misery-of-love-9781681379180","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}