Roca Paco - Return To Eden - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: It all starts with a photograph: an ordinary scene of a young woman and her family picnicking at a Valencian beach in 1947. Now in her twilight years Antonia cherishes this photo dearly; it holds the memories of her upbringing her family - the key to her Eden. Taking off from this routine family outing cartoonist Paco Roca paints a heartfelt portrait of his mother's formative years. This delicate portrayal of a humble family is at once an intimate biographical story and a broader reflection of the hardscrabble existence many faced in post - war Spain. Antonia and her family soldier through constant hunger the shady dealings of the black market traumas of war and parental abuse and the oppressive atmosphere wrought by the Catholic church and Franco's authoritarian regime - and yet they find oases of joy and wonder in cinema imagination and small acts of kindness. Roca is known the world over for his quietly powerful graphic novels from Twists of Fate to The House and this latest masterwork may just be his magnum opus. In Return To Eden Roca manages to charge quotidian life with rare poignancy in all its daily struggles and daydreams and readers will come away deeply affected.
Title: Return To Eden
Author(s): Roca Paco
Publisher: Fantagraphics
Barcode: 9781683969310
Pages: 176 Pages, 176 Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 2/27/2024
Category: Graphic Novels