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January 28, 2016
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Books of the Week - January 28, 2016
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.
Was She Pretty?
by Leanne Shapton
Another of Shapton's books is once again available to us: Drawn + Quarterly is republishing Was She Pretty?, which conjures the qualities of everyone's exes, creating a sort of mosaic of jealous fixation and anxiety. It's also humourous and highly relatable! How do we contend with the people who came before us in the lives of our loves?
Don't miss Leanne Shapton and Adrian Tomine in Montreal on February 5 at the Rialto Hall!
Beverly
by Nick Drnaso
Minimalist in its economy of details, this collection of short stories is brilliantly illustrated with a style reminiscent of Chris Ware. Sordid sexual anxieties or social insecurities are here contained within clear lines. Yet, the infamous ligne claire’s regularity is challenged by the themes at the heart of each stories, repressed emotions and weird fantasies. We are very excited to be hosting the launch for this book on February 17th at our store.
Oblivion
by Sergei Lebedev
Blending the personal with the political with a poetic narrative style, Lebedev's voice sheds light on a part of Russian history that its current leaders would prefer to forget. This is a bleak, grim book, but a fascinating one! Couple it with Ludmila Ulitskaya's The Big Green Tent, Oleg Kashin's Fardwor, Russia! A Fantastical Tale of Life Under Putin, or Vladmir Sorokin's The Blizzard, and slake your thirst for contemporary Russian lit.
Dinette has quickly become a store favourite since its inception last November. This second edition is no less wonderful than the first. Dedicated to brunch it's full of tantalizing recipes, New York brunch spots and a Québécois epicurean event list of upcoming events not to be missed. There are so many drool worthy pages that this magazine should come with it’s own napkin!
Rosalie Lightning
by Tom Hart
In 2011, the worst happened to author Tom Hart and his wife Leela: their nearly two year old daughter Rosalie died inexplicably. Rosalie Lightning tells the story of this devastating loss through an intertwined narrative of thoughts and recollections.
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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)
