Shadow life / Hiromi Goto & Ann Xu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goto, Hiromi, 1966- author.

Contributor:

Xu, Ann, artist.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older women--Comic books, strips, etc.

Older women.

Widows--Comic books, strips, etc.

Widows.

Death--Comic books, strips, etc.

Death.

Fate and fatalism--Comic books, strips, etc.

Fate and fatalism.

Genre:

Comics (Graphic works)

Domestic comics.

Graphic novels.

Psychological comics.

Psychological fiction.

Physical Description:

345 pages : chiefly black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : First Second, 2021.

Summary:

Poet and novelist Hiromi Goto effortlessly blends wry, observational slice-of-life literary fiction with poetic magical realism in the tender and surprising graphic novel Shadow Life, with haunting art from debut artist Ann Xu. When Kumiko's well-meaning adult daughters place her in an assisted living home, the seventy-six-year-old widow gives it a try, but it's not where she wants to be. She goes on the lam and finds a cozy bachelor apartment, keeping the location secret even while communicating online with her eldest daughter. Kumiko revels in the small, daily pleasures: decorating as she pleases, eating what she wants, and swimming in the community pool. But something has followed her from her former residence--Death's shadow. Kumiko's sweet life is shattered when Death's shadow swoops in to collect her. With her quick mind and sense of humor, Kumiko, with the help of friends new and old, is prepared for the fight of her life. But how long can an old woman thwart fate?

Notes:

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature - Adult Fiction, Winner, 2021-2022

ISBN:

9781626723566

1626723567

OCLC:

1142048059

Publisher Number:

99987425581