{"product_id":"misery-of-love","title":"Misery of Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eColonial history haunts this stunning, spectral-looking graphic novel, a spiritual sequel to the author’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eYellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMisery of Love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a spiritual sequel to the acclaimed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eYellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Yvan Alagbé continues his unflinching interrogation of race and family in modern France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book focuses on the dream-like memories of a woman named Clare, who is reluctantly spending time with her relatives for a funeral. Alagbé seamlessly glides between narratives of the family’s past and present, all haunted by the legacy of France’s colonial subjugation of Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlagbé works in stormy grayscale washes, using comics, as he puts it, as “a sacred dimension which celebrates, questions and perpetuates life.... I believe that life is not damnation but grace.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold through time shifts that echo Richard McGuire’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHere\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMisery of Love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is another ambitious, devastating masterpiece from one of France’s best contemporary graphic novelists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"pd-product-id\"\u003e168137918X\u003c\/span\u003e   \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEAN:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e9781681379180\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yvan Alagbé\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrator: \u003c\/strong\u003eDonald Nicholson-Smith\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNew York Review Comics \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePaperback\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStreet Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJuly 29, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJuly 29, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Info:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1.2\" H x 10.3\" L x 8.2\" W (2.2 lbs) 232 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis item is \u003cstrong\u003eReturnable\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDetailElements\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYvan Alagbé \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003ewas born in Paris and spent three years of his youth in West Africa. He is a cofounder of the publishing house Amok, which later merged with the Belgian publishing group Fréon to become Frémok, now a major European graphic novels publisher. He is the author of Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures. He teaches at Haute école des arts du Rhin in Strasbourg.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDonald Nicholson-Smith \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eis a translator of French literature. He has translated works by writers such as Guy Debord, Henri Lefebvre, and Guillaume Apollinaire, as well as the noir fiction of Jean-Patrick Manchette and Thierry Jonquet. He is a Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Born in Manchester, England, he lives in New York City.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"New York Review Comics","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43204083155059,"sku":"168137918X","price":29.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/0_eb839e9e-b437-41d3-bdaa-d38d31768509.jpg?v=1752940579","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/misery-of-love","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}