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Carregando... O Edifício (1987)de Will Eisner
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. So much tragedy and human heartache surrounding one building: the story of Monroe, a man trying to save all the children of New York after an accident involving a young boy changes his entire life; PJ Hammond and his singular obsession to buy the building he grew up in; the love affair between Gilda and poor poet, Benny in the shadow of the building (until Gilda goes and marries someone else for money); and Antonio Tonatti, the man who loved to play music in front of the majestic building until it was torn down. One building, so many stories. It’s as if the giant structure made of glass and steel stood guard over all these lives.There is one final story which ties all the other stories together. It’s bittersweet and beautiful. Quintessential New York. ( ) Indeholder 4 småfortællinger om personer knyttet til en nu nedrevet bygnings historie. Monroe Mensh er en skotøjssælger, der får sit liv ommøbleret, da en lille dreng bliver skudt tæt på ham. Han vier sit liv til at hjælpe børn, men helt uden held. Gilda Green er forelsket i en poet, Benny, men forspilder sit liv med en tandlæge i stedet. Antonio Tonatti spiller violin foran bygningen, da han er blevet invalid i en arbejdsulykke. Han har en lille positiv indflydelse på manges liv, men dør stille sammen med bygningen. P. J. Hammond er en ejendomsspekulant, som ellers starter ret sympatisk. Han vil have hjørneejendommen, som bogen handler om, for enhver pris, fordi den oprindeligt var hans fars. Det lykkes, men ejendommen er en møllesten om halsen på ham, så han ender med at måtte sælge den til nedrivning og begår selv selvmord ved at hoppe ud af vinduet i sit kontor. Den sidste historie handler om en vinduespudser, der falder ned af den nye Hammond bygning, men bliver reddet af de 4 spøgelser i skøn forening. Drivende amerikansk sentimentalitet, men godt tegnet. The four stories don't quite live up to Eisner's premise: that buildings are infused with "an invisible accumulation of dramas", the "residue of psychic debris" from the human interactions situated there. As Neil Gaiman put it in his forward, Eisner delves into "what is left behind when a building is torn down." Still, the narrative structure is simple and appropriate, with the four stories from the building's past culminating in another story occurring in the present. Eisner adopts a melodramatic tone after the fashion of Twilight Zone or early comics. The fifth story isn't so much surprising as a Sigma Sum. The line drawings and facial / body expressions are good, the mix of realism and comic-book caricature matching what I've come to associate with Golden Age comics. Solid work, I'd just hoped for something as intriguing as the premise but this title, at least, fell just short. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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One of four extraordinary graphic novels celebrating the Big Apple, from the master of American comics art. A story filled with ghosts, and a testament to our greatest human qualities -- a deeply moving chronicle of a city building and the people who inhabited it. Born in New York in 1917, Will Eisner was the author of the legendary comic strip The Spirit. His fifteen graphic novels; his posthumous history, The Plot; and the newest compilation Life, in Pictures, form the Will Eisner Library. The comic industry's top annual awards, The Eisners, are named in his honor. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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