Name: Small Altars
Price: 19.43 EUR
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Author: Justin Gardiner
ISBN: 9781961209060

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Editorial:: Univ of Chicago behalf of Tupelo Press
Año de edición:: 2024
Materia: Biografía: general
ISBN:: 9781961209060

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A book that bends time and fragments narrative. In Small Altars, Justin Gardiner delves into the world of comic books and superheroes as a means for coming to terms with the many struggles of his brother’s life, as well as his untimely death, offering a lyric and honest portrayal of the tolls of mental illness, the redemptive powers of art and familial love, and the complex workings of grief.

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