Sunday

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Pub Date Oct 15 2024 | Archive Date Oct 15 2024
Comics, Graphic Novels, Manga | Literary Fiction

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Sunday follows, over the course of one day, the stream of consciousness of a fictionalized version of the author’s cousin, Thibault. On the day of his girlfriend’s return from an extended trip, Thibault wakes up, does nothing, gets James Brown stuck in his head, drinks and smokes, grows paranoid about his relationship, struggles to compose text messages, and watches The Da Vinci Code, all the while avoiding anyone and everyone, descending deeper into his own thoughts and fears. Meanwhile, a former crush and another cousin of Thibault’s plan a surprise birthday for him, sending the external and internal on a collision course.

Schrauwen’s brilliant comic timing and formal mastery transcends the quotidian nature of the plot. Through use of color, flashback and the dissonance between text and image, the ways in which Schrauwen layers a depiction of human consciousness as lines on paper are infused heavily with slapstick and white-knuckle tension and make for an exhilarating read and breathtaking use of the comics medium.

Sunday follows, over the course of one day, the stream of consciousness of a fictionalized version of the author’s cousin, Thibault. On the day of his girlfriend’s return from an extended trip...
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*Note: This is a partial digital ARC. It is only the first 100 pages of the book.

*Note: This is a partial digital ARC. It is only the first 100 pages of the book.

Advance Praise

"Sunday not only takes a most convincing whack at the portrayal of nothing less than human consciousness in comics form, but it also weaves strand after strand of narrative and anecdote into a book that ends up encompassing the life of an entire city district and social circle over one unremarkable yet epic day — and winds up feeling a bit like a plainspoken, unostentatious comic book version of James Joyce’s Ulysses by the end." — The Comics Journal

"Schrauwen’s deepest work since Arsène Schrauwen. As sumptuous and meditative as its protagonist is self-absorbed and oblivious." — Helen Chazan

"Sunday not only takes a most convincing whack at the portrayal of nothing less than human consciousness in comics form, but it also weaves strand after strand of narrative and anecdote into a book...

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ISBN 9781683969679
PRICE $39.99 (USD)
PAGES 474

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