Epileptic
Publication details: London Jonathan Cape 2005Description: 361; ill.; BookFindISBN:- 0224079204
| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare Shelves | WL 385 B (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 13615 |
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| WL 368 MAR Do no harm : stories of life, death and brain surgery | WL 368 MCE Saturday | WL 385 APP Childhood epilepsy: management from diagnosis to remission | WL 385 B Epileptic | WL 385 LAI A textbook of epilepsy | WL 385 SMI ABC of epilepsy | WL 39 ABH Rapid neurology and neurosurgery / |
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The most acclaimed European graphic novel of the last ten years, Epileptic is David B.'s story of his brother's battle with epilepsy - but it turns into a penetrating and sometimes lacerating self-examination on the author's part, as he delves into his own complex emotions and his family's troubled history, as well as his own youthful fantasy life. Particularly pointed is his description of the family journey from one attempted cure to another, including acupuncture, spiritualism and macrobiotics. David B.'s drawing is utterly extraordinary, balancing literal representation and expressionist psychological distortion.
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