Was She Pretty?
A Art, Adult, Romance book. What a loaded question. If there's one thing to take away from this book, it's that you should never ask...
A Singular Exploration Of Modern Love And All Its Demons, In Words And Drawings In this brilliant gem of a book, artist/writer Leanne Shapton weaves together a voyeuristic tale of love and life through epigrammatic vignettes and sleek line drawings. Entire relationships are encapsulated in a few, stingingly perfect lines: "Colleen was Walter's ex-girlfriend from med school. She loved to dance with men at weddings." Pricking our insecurities, Shapton introduces us to Kim, whose ex "kept a drawerful of love letters in a kitchen drawer . . . She would stare at it while she cooked." And Ben's ex, "a physiotherapist for the U.S. men's and women's Olympic swim teams. She wore small white shorts year-round."Fascinated by her own jealousy, Shapton interviewed acquaintances about their anxieties and peccadilloes, and the result is a book of surpassing...
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- Pages: 208 pages
- ISBN: 9780374299262 / 374299269
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What a loaded question. If there's one thing to take away from this book, it's that you should never ask this one. Was she pretty? Of course she was.The book is a series of very short bios, usually one or two sentences about an ex. For example, "Katya's boyfriend never stopped sending her postcards" or "Isaac would not let Rebecca answer... Zase skvl npad a jet lep zpracovn. Destky mikropbh o tom, co ti ped nmi byli a mli a my ne. I absolutely loved Shapton's previous work, Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry, which I still pull off my shelf occasionally to leaf through or show someone. This book isn't quite up to the same detailed standard, but I do love...
