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November 11, 2015
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Books of the Week - November 11, 2015
In the weekly Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Books of the Week, the Montreal bookstore recommends several new works of fiction, art books, periodicals, and comics.
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly is one of Montreal's premiere independent bookstores.
The Big Green Tent
by Ludmila Ulitskaya, translated by Polly Gannon
Internationally acclaimed Russian novelist Ulitskaya uses the tale of three childhood friends who become dissidents to paint a much broader portrait of the late Soviet period, and of Russian literature itself. Originally published five years ago, it is now available to us in English, thanks to this praised translation by Polly Gannon!
See You Next Tuesday
by Jane Mai
Koyama Press brings us this collection of guileless diary comics by Brooklyn artist Jane Mai. Our twenty-something narrator battles through ennui and elation, heartbreak and terrible bathroom disasters.
Drinking at the Movies
by Julia Wertz
Koyama also brings us this new edition of Julia Wertz's first graphic novel, this time with an absurdly charming handwritten intro by Janeane Garofolo (did you know that Garofalo can't type?)! We join Wertz as she navigates a spontaneous move from San Francisco to New York with her characteristic deadpan humour.
Hotels of North America
by Rick Moody
The newest from noted American author Rick Moody. Moody tells the darkly comic life story of the eccentric Reginald Edward Morse through Morse's numerous reviews on RateYourLodging.com... until Morse himself disappears and Moody and the reader are left to puzzle out the remaining fragments of his narrative.
Cabinet Magazine Issue 57: Catastrophe
The Catastrophe issue of our favourite esoteric art and culture quarterly assembles articles about meteorite impacts, catastrophe bonds, underground luxury shelters, and even a transcription of a radio piece by Walter Benjamin about the Lisbon earthquake of 1755.
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also at Largehearted Boy:
other Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Books of the Week
Online "Best Books of 2015" Year-end Lists
Antiheroines (interviews with up and coming female comics artists)
Atomic Books Comics Preview (weekly new comics and graphic novel highlights)
Book Notes (authors create music playlists for their book)
guest book reviews
musician/author interviews
Note Books (musicians discuss literature)
Short Cuts (writers pair a song with their short story or essay)
WORD Bookstores Books of the Week (weekly new book highlights)
