Passing for Human

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Hardcover
2018
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Melancholy and funny, personal and surreal, Passing for Human is a neurological coming-of-age story in which Liana Finck goes in search of that thing she has lost - her shadow, that part of her that has always felt as though she is living in exile from the world. On a quest for self-understanding and self-acceptance, along the way, she seeks to answer some eternal questions: What makes us whole? What parts of ourselves do we hide or ignore or chase away - because they're embarrassing, or inconvenient - and at what cost? Part magical odyssey, part feminist creation myth, Passing for Human is most of all an extraordinary, moving meditation on what it means to be an artist and a woman.

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Melancholy and funny, personal and surreal, Passing for Human is a neurological coming-of-age story in which Liana Finck goes in search of that thing she has lost - her shadow, that part of her that has always felt as though she is living in exile from the world. On a quest for self-understanding and self-acceptance, along the way, she seeks to answer some eternal questions: What makes us whole? What parts of ourselves do we hide or ignore or chase away - because they're embarrassing, or inconvenient - and at what cost? Part magical odyssey, part feminist creation myth, Passing for Human is most of all an extraordinary, moving meditation on what it means to be an artist and a woman.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Edition: 1
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Published: 20 Sep 2018
ISBN 10: 1787331202
ISBN 13: 9781787331204
Book Overview: oI don't draw because I love to draw. I don't draw because I draw well. I draw because once, I lost something - and by drawing, I will find it again.o

Media Reviews

In its ambition, framing, and multiple layers, [Passing for Human] raises the bar for graphic narrative. Even fans of [Liana Finck's] work in the New Yorker will be blindsided by this outstanding book. * Kirkus Review *
A sure hit for readers of graphic memoirs. * Booklist *
In this elegant graphic memoir of being the odd woman out... Finck's whimsy acts as a microscope to better understand family, romance, and isolation... Becoming human is a lifelong task-but Finck illustrates it with humor and panache. * Publishers Weekly *

Author Bio

Liana Finck's work appears regularly in The New Yorker and on Catapult, and in her popular Instagram feed. She also has work forthcoming or previously published in The Paris Review, Slate, Harpers, The New York Review of Books, the LA Review of Books, The Awl, The New York Times, and elsewhere. She has been on contract with The New Yorker since 2015. Her first graphic novel, A Bintel Brief, was published by Ecco Press in 2014. She is the recipient of a Six Points Fellowship for Emerging Jewish Artists; a Fulbright Fellowship; a NYFA award in fiction and art residencies at MacDowell and Yaddo. Finck received a B.A. from Cooper Union. Her Instagram account currently has over 135,000 followers, a number which grows daily. Among her followers are Mark Ronson, Alanis Morisette, Ariana Grande, Dan Savage, Christoph Niemann, and Jenny Slate.