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Poem Strip | Dino Buzzati
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A New York Review Books Original Dino Buzzati is a luminary of the mid-twentieth-century Italian literary avant-garde and the author of The Tartar Steppe, a modern classic. He was also an accomplished visual artist. Poem Strip, from (…more)
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sisilia
Poem Strip | Dino Buzzati
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Mehso-so

2⭐️ A rather morbid graphic novel, retelling the story of Orpheus and Eurydice. It‘s interesting, but I didn‘t like it. And why are there so many drawings of naked women? Boobs galore there 🥴

Dilara I didn't expect that from Dino Buzzati 4y
sisilia @Dilara Have you read his other works? This was my first 4y
Dilara @sisilia I studied The K - a short story collection - at school, aged 14-15. And I read The Tartar Steppe - a wonderful novel with kafkaian undertones, in 2014. They were both absolutely boob- and smut-free, as far as I remember! 4y
sisilia @dilara Hahahaha glad to hear 😆 I will check them out; another chance for Buzzati 4y
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emilyhaldi
Poem Strip | Dino Buzzati
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On the street of Via Saterna in Milan, there exists a mansion guarded by a wall, rumored to be a #borderline between life and death. Once Orfi sees his girlfriend disappear behind the wall, he must follow her and find the truth for himself. This is a bizarre read for sure, with trippy illustrations to match... I read this for #booked2019 #comicorgraphicnovel #movember

Reviewsbylola Ummm this sounds like I would hate it but it looks really cool! 5y
BarbaraBB Sounds like I would love it! Are the graphics just on the cover or inside as well? 5y
batsy Nice! I have this one on my shelf! 5y
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Cinfhen You‘ve become a devotee to NYRB ~ book looks amazing by the way 🤩 5y
Liz_M I love the cover. Intrigued... 5y
emilyhaldi @BarbaraBB inside as well! It‘s a full on graphic novel 🤩 5y
BarbaraBB Really? That‘s great, I read a ‘regular‘ novel by him. 5y
Mdargusch Trippy equals a no for me. 5y
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readingcities
Poem Strip | Dino Buzzati
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Mehso-so

1960s Italian graphic novel about Orfi, a Milanese pop star traveling through the underworld searching for his lost girlfriend. This book is so European. Grimy, dark, sixties, euro-stylr magical realism, unsexy sex, an appropriately grim Orpheus retelling.