The Crystal Vase

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Beschreibung

<p>'Rich, moving and wryly funny... a delight' <b><i>Observer </i>*<i>Graphic Novel of the Month*</i></b></p><p>'Brilliant, witty and endlessly inventive' <b>Joe Dunthorne, author of <i>Submarine</i></b></p><p><b>A road-trip across Europe and back in time: the debut graphic memoir from the prize-winning author of <i>A Funeral In Freiburg</i>.</b></p><p>When her imperious, chain-smoking German Jewish grandmother dies, it falls to Astrid and her father to drive a hire van to the Black Forest and collect the family heirlooms from Gisela's nicotine-stained apartment.</p><p>In Freiburg, they are faced with several lifetimes' worth of belongings to sort through - infested Persian rugs, mysterious photographs, a toy monkey that started a marriage - and a grasping landlord, impatient to renovate.</p><p>As the list of demands from uncles, sisters and cousins grows longer, the rabbit-holes of history and memory grow deeper. Long-buried secrets and tales of survival are revealed - from Nazi Germany to colonial Africa - and old feuds are reignited, as father and daughter struggle with the responsibility of preserving the family legacy. More importantly, will they be able to fit everything into a medium wheel-base transit van?</p><p><b>Funny, bittersweet and beautifully drawn, <i>The Crystal Vase</i> is an odyssey of family arguments, identity crises, and late discoveries.</b></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781787334311

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

246 x 177 x 25 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Random House UK Ltd