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June 20, 2013
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Books of the Week - June 20, 2013
In the weekly Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Books of the Week, the Montreal bookstore recommends several new works of fiction, art books, and comics.
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly is one of Montreal's premiere independent bookstores.
Every week, Montreal's Librairie Drawn & Quarterly bookstore recommends a selection of new books, including fiction, art books, magazines, and comics.
Animals with Sharpies
by Michel Dumontier and Neil Farber
The newest collection from ex-Royal Art Lodgers Dumontier & Farber and that means more of their amazingly witty and dark-humoured paintings which feature a number of -yes- animals with sharpies scribbling their wills, grocery lists, messages to lovers -both ex and current - and slogans. Funny weirdness abounds.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Neil Gaiman
Hotly anticipated, Gaiman's newest is a spooky rumination on friendship, family, and how the choices we have to make as adults are influenced by our magical childhood experiences. Gaiman's first "adult" novel since 2005's Anansi Boys, this is gonna be one 2013's big ones. Librairie Drawn & Quarterly is pleased to present An Evening with Neil Gaiman, August 7th at the Ukrainian Federation in Montreal.
The Sad Passions
by Veronica Gonzalez Peña
Gonzalez Peña's follow-up to her 2007 novel twin time (this jacket showcasing another iconic photograph, this time by Francesca Woodman), The Sad Passions is an incredibly involving story -told Rashoman-style- of a middle-class Mexican family whose mothers and daughters endure the effects of undiagnosed mental illness. Do not let the dark theme deter you; this is a necessary summer read.
Issue No. 5 of our favorite Berlin-based "traveling & temporary habitation" magazine! Interviews with Barry Gifford, Paz De La Huerta, Canadian artist Hugh Scott-Douglas, cover model Willem Dafoe (following in the esteemed footsteps of David Lynch, Will Oldham, Udo Kier and Harmony Korine), a feature on twelve international hotels and bunch of pretty photos make this fatter-than-previous little tome perfect vacation reading.
No Fits, Nilson!
by Zachariah Ohora
Amelia’s friend, a blue gorilla named Nilson, is great fun... except for his gigantic tantrums! He throws fits at the supermarket, in the car, and at bedtime—the tiniest thing is enough to set him off. When Amelia and Nilson both get a timeout for Nilson’s bad behaviour, Amelia finds all sorts of ways to keep him calm, reminding him “No fits, Nilson!”
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly links:
other Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Books of the Week (weekly new book highlights)
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly's blog
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Facebook page
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also at Largehearted Boy:
other Atomic Books Comics Preview lists (weekly new comics & graphic novel highlights)
Atomic Books Comics Preview (weekly new comics and graphic novel highlights)
52 Books, 52 Weeks
Antiheroines (interviews with up and coming female comics artists)
Largehearted Word (weekly new book highlights)
Book Notes (authors create music playlists for their book)
guest book reviews
Largehearted Word (weekly new book highlights)
musician/author interviews
Note Books (musicians discuss literature)
