David Small, a best-selling and highly regarded children's book illustrator, comes forward with this unflinching graphic memoir. Remarkable and intensely dramatic, Stitches tells the story of a fourteen-year-old boy who awakes one day from a supposedly harmless operation to discover that he has been transformed into a virtual mute—a vocal cord removed, his throat slashed and stitched together like a Cited by: Stitches is a poignant, sometimes tragicomic memoir of David Small, best known as the author and illustrator of numerous picture books for children. Through this emotional and cathartic graphic memoir, David takes the reader back to his childhood in Detroit, which was not a happy one/5. "Stitches" by David Small is a graphic novel depicting a remembrance of a young boy who grew up in a dysfunctional world. This memoir shows how he observed his world and dealt with illness he didn't understand. It also shows how he broke free from the bondages of that world. David grew up in Detroit.
Stitches: A Memoir by David Small. As well as everything else, Stitches is a triumphant testament of survival, a sweet victory for a little boy who wanted only to be left alone with his pencils. A work of great bravery and humanity, Stitches is a gripping and ultimately redemptive story of a man's struggle to understand the past and reclaim his www.doorway.ru the Hardcover edition. Stitches: A Memoir by David Small is told in graphic novel/comic book format. This is the third graphic novel memoir I've read, the first two being The. Praise for Stitches: "David Small presents us with a profound and moving gift of graphic literature that has the look of a movie and reads like a poem We know that we are in the hands of a master."―Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist "David Small's Stitches is aptly named. With surgical precision, the author.
Stitches: A Memoir by David Small is told in graphic novel/comic book format. This is the third graphic novel memoir I’ve read, the first two being The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman and Persepolis 1 by Marjane Satrapi. I really enjoy reading these, despite the often heavy subject matter. Stitches contains subject matter that is heavy as well. As well as everything else, Stitches is a triumphant testament of survival, a sweet victory for a little boy who wanted only to be left alone with his pencils. Stitches is a poignant, sometimes tragicomic memoir of David Small, best known as the author and illustrator of numerous picture books for children. Through this emotional and cathartic graphic memoir, David takes the reader back to his childhood in Detroit, which was not a happy one.
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