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Keeping two / Jordan Crane.

Crane, Jordan, 1973- (author,, artist.). Fantagraphics Books, (publisher.).

Summary:
"20 years in the making, the long-awaited graphic novel masterpiece from acclaimed cartoonist Jordan Crane. A young couple is stuck in traffic, reading a book aloud to each other to pass the time. The relationship is already strained, but between the encroaching road rage, and a novel that hits way too close to home, tensions are running especially high by the time they arrive back at their apartment. When one of them leaves to get takeout and a movie, each of the young lovers is individually forced to confront loss, grief, fear, and insecurities in unexpected and shocking ways. Crane's formal use of the comics medium -- threading several timelines and the interior and exterior lives of its protagonists together to create an increasing, almost Hitchcockian sense of dread and paranoia -- is masterful. But as the title hints, there are dualities at its core that make it one of the most exciting works of graphic literary fiction in recent memory, a brilliant adult drama that showcases a deep empathy and compassion for its characters as well as a visually arresting showcase of Crane's considerable talents. Keeping Two is ostensibly a story about loss, but by the end, it just might also be about finding something along the way -- something that had seemed irredeemable up to that point. In that way, it's also a deeply romantic book."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781683965183
  • ISBN: 1683965183
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, [2022]
Subject: Husband and wife > United States > Comic books, strips, etc.
Infants > Death > Comic books, strips, etc.
Marriage > Comic books, strips, etc.
Man-woman relationships > Comic books, strips, etc.
Traffic congestion > Comic books, strips, etc.
Parasuicide > Comic books, strips, etc.
Genre: Domestic comics.
Graphic novels.

Available copies

  • 7 of 7 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Carroll Valley Library FIC CRANE JORDAN (Text) 35740635857980 Fiction Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults 741.5 CRA Nonfiction (Text) 34001001419652 Adult Area Available -
Emmaus Public Library 741.5 CRAN (Text) 36446002068180 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Pottsville Free Public Library 741.5 C85 (Text) 30003009108059 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Sinking Spring Library CRA (Text) 33249025568308 New Available -
Dimmick Main Library F CRA GN (Text) 304441003416201 Graphic Novel Available -
Easton Main Library CRANE (Text) 31901004638922 Graphic Novels Available -


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