New Releases by Alison Bechdel

La Alison di Piena! è una fumettista affermata, gestisce un rifugio di capre pigmee nel Vermont e vive nell'angoscia esistenziale per un mondo minacciato dal cambiamento climatico e dai conflitti bellici. In mezzo a un gruppo di personaggi variopinti che rispecchiano tutte le sfumature della società americana, da quella più liberale a quella più ardentemente Maga, Alison si ritrova a vivere le contraddizioni esilaranti e drammatiche della vita contemporanea e della sua stessa identità, tra un Thanksgiving anticolonialista e il carovita, tra la passione crescente per il formaggio vegetale e un ecosistema al collasso. Mentre il mondo sta bruciando, sarà in grado di scrivere un'opera abbastanza potente da liberare l'umanità dalla schiavitù del capitalismo? Può farlo mentre riceve un Emmy dopo l'altro per la serie tv a base di draghi e cannibalismo (molto) liberamente ispirata alla storia di suo padre, tessidermista ed ex galeotto? E nel frattempo come gestire la gelosia per l'insensata fortuna virale di quel video sul taglio della legna postato dalla compagna Holly? E come restare al passo con i mille progetti delle amiche progressiste (le stesse della sua famosa striscia Attenti alle lesbiche!) in piena crisi di mezza età? Un racconto corale e rutilante, forse uno dei lavori più satirici dell'autrice del memoir capolavoro Fun Home, che ci trascina dentro un girotondo molto umano, alla disperata ricerca di una formula per sopravvivere al presente. Insieme. *********************** Questo eBook è ottimizzato per la fruizione su tablet; se ne sconsiglia pertanto la lettura sui dispositivi eReader.

"So che mia madre si augura che io non scriva questo libro su di lei. La nota ironica è che se lei non avesse costituito un efficacissimo modello di temerarietà, io probabilmente non sarei qui a scriverlo." Per Alison Bechdel l'arte dell'autofiction è un nido a cui tornare, ma anche un campo di battaglia. È un mezzo di espressione necessario, forse l'unico, insieme alla psicanalisi, per riordinare il caos e trasformare il dolore in comprensione del mondo. Dopo essere andata a caccia della verità sul padre nel suo capolavoro Fun Home, l'autrice si rivolge una seconda volta alla sua "tragicomica" storia familiare sulle tracce della madre Helen: fine lettrice, attrice frustrata, moglie segretamente e scandalosamente tradita, donna dalle grandi aspirazioni artistiche, ma consapevole di vivere sotto una "cupola di vetro", madre distante e poco affettuosa. In un viaggio avanti e indietro nel tempo, ricco di sogni interpretati, sedute di terapia, lettere ritrovate, brani di Virginia Woolf e citazioni di Donald Winnicott, figura di primo piano della psicanalisi infantile, Alison ricompone le molte anime di sua madre per potercisi specchiare, e riconoscere così anche la propria identità. Perché, come scrive Vera Gheno nella prefazione a questa edizione, le due donne ritratte in questo libro sono "rotte ma non certo vinte". Un'opera autobiografica densa e sofferta, sicuramente "temeraria", un graphic memoir sulla complessità del rapporto tra figlie e madri, sulle origini, e sui fili che ci legano, nel bene e nel male, alle famiglie in cui siamo stati bambini. *********************** Questo eBook è ottimizzato per la fruizione su tablet; se ne sconsiglia pertanto la lettura sui dispositivi eReader.

Da qualche parte negli Stati Uniti, in una cittadina che somiglia molto a Minneapolis, vive un agguerrito gruppo di amiche. Sono docenti universitarie, assistenti sociali, commesse di libreria, contabili, avvocate radicali. E, attenzione, sono lesbiche! Si innamorano, si tradiscono, si confidano, fanno sesso e bisticciano, si impegnano in politica, nel volontariato, fanno carriera, si sostengono e si punzecchiano, crescono i propri figli, si sposano, invecchiano. Sono Mo, Lois, Ginger, Sparrow e le altre, le graffianti protagoniste di Attenti alle lesbiche!, la selezione dei migliori episodi dell'irriverente serie realizzata da Alison Bechdel a partire dal 1983 e pubblicata su diversi magazine e giornali americani: Dykes to Watch Out For, uno dei primi fumetti che ha osato parlare apertamente di unioni lesbo, sex toys e parità di diritti tra etero e omosessuali nella "grande nazione" americana. D'altronde, scrive Francesca Cavallo nella sua prefazione a questa edizione, leggere le strisce di Alison Bechdel "è un atto politico. Un promemoria potente del fatto che le storie che raccontiamo - e il modo in cui le raccontiamo - contribuiscono a costruire il mondo in cui viviamo". Una raccolta imperdibile per ogni appassionato di fumetti, e per conoscere davvero le origini di una delle autrici e fumettiste più rappresentative del graphic novel contemporaneo. *********************** Questo eBook è ottimizzato per la fruizione su tablet; se ne sconsiglia pertanto la lettura sui dispositivi eReader.

圖像小說 X 同志文學 X 回憶錄書寫 跨界經典 《紐約時報》二十一世紀百大好書 自我性向的青澀摸索，碰撞出上一代不能說的祕密： 以為自己的戀情將要引爆家庭革命， 卻發現被打開的是這個家深鎖更久的暗櫃…… ☆艾斯納獎最佳真實事件改編漫畫 ☆浪達文學獎最佳女同志回憶錄/自傳 ☆美國圖書館學會石牆圖書獎（非文學類書籍獎） ☆美國國家書評獎決選入圍（自傳類） ☆安古蘭國際漫畫節入選作品 李屏瑤（作家）、 林蔚昀（作家）、 紀大偉（《同志文學史》、酷兒科幻小說《膜》作者，政治大學台灣文學研究所副教授）、 張亦絢（作家）、 番紅花（作家）、 黃惠偵（《日常對話》導演）、 黃嘉韻（張銘峰律師事務所顧問、高雄市性別公民行動協會理事長、高雄市女性權益促進會理事長）、 聶永真（設計師） ──感動推薦 「老爸的生命終局成為我的人生開端。更精準地說，他謊言的盡頭剛好是我面對真相的起點。」 她在一九七○年代保守的賓州小鎮上長大，家是一座華麗的哥德式翻新古宅，也是一間逐漸步入蕭條的葬儀社；爸爸是雅好文學的高中教師，也是家族事業勉為其難的繼承人，更常是孩子們望而生畏的傳統嚴父。 成長過程中，她愈來愈不安於典型女孩的長髮、洋裝，倒察覺爸爸在權威外表下對精緻優美事物的執著遠勝於她。終於，在遠離家鄉的大學校園、風起雲湧的平權運動浪潮中，她鼓起勇氣寫信回家宣告「我是同性戀！」，卻立刻面對母親的嚴厲反對與驚人揭露：原來，父親隱藏性向的歲月，比她還長。 旋即逝世的父親不但對往事守口如瓶，連真正的死因也成謎。她於是開始細細挖掘從小到大的家庭回憶，在父親精心修繕的屋子裡、在父母熱愛的文學作品中，尋找著他的雙重生活留下的痕跡，審視這個悲喜交織、充滿祕密的家，讓他們這對曾經同樣壓抑、命運卻截然不同的父女獲得了什麼、又失去了多少…… 《歡樂之家》初版於二○○六年，旋即獲得艾斯納獎、浪達文學獎、石牆圖書獎等漫畫大獎與同志文學獎項，打入美國國家書評獎決選。書中對於性啟蒙及同志情慾的正面描繪，不斷觸動宗教團體、保守人士發動下架拒讀，使本書成為美國言論自由與性別平等教育遭受挑戰的著名案例；時至今日，這部作品仍然在圖像文學與回憶錄書寫的領域都具有備受推崇的經典地位，入選了《紐約時報》評選的「二十一世紀百大好書」，也曾改編為百老匯音樂劇，勇奪五項東尼獎、入圍普立茲戲劇獎。 └佳評讚譽┘ 「《歡樂之家》（及其續作《我和母親之間》）經過時間的考驗，不但成為同志通俗文化的經典，也成為『圖像小說』這個類別的榜樣。這套書的主旨不在於再一次歌頌同志的年少輕狂，而在於直接面對同志和原生家庭之間的創傷、責任、療癒。對於關心同志、同志歷史、高齡同志、精神障礙等等議題的讀者來說，這套書不宜錯過。」──紀大偉（《同志文學史》、酷兒科幻小說《膜》作者，政治大學台灣文學研究所副教授） 「貝克德爾是個冷面笑匠，這套堪稱經典的漫畫，可說是文學、性別與同志的精彩同台演出，它的深刻、細膩與莽撞，為漫畫的廣度與『不甜蜜家庭書寫』開出一片大好江山：真摯的關照與一流的敘事，以戲謔的手法，為文化與社會運動畫龍點睛。」──張亦絢（作家） 「作者以銳利而細膩的筆觸，描繪出那個我們以為熟悉，卻從未真正凝視過的「家」。在《歡樂之家》中，那棟被鄰人稱作豪宅的房子，承載著讓人會心一笑、也令人苦澀的片刻，更多的是滲著孤寂與哀傷的餘溫。感謝艾莉森‧貝克德爾，以文字與圖像的力量，再現了家庭關係裡最真實的陰影與光。」──黃惠偵（《日常對話》導演） 「以漫畫的呈現及日記書寫交錯剖白自身經歷，令人耳目一新。貝克德爾經由樸實自然的筆法，深度探究人我與家庭關係，更自我揭露同志身分，與接受憂鬱症的過程，讓讀者一旦翻閱就欲罷不能，餘韻無窮。」──黃嘉韻（張銘峰律師事務所顧問、高雄市性別公民行動協會理事長、高雄市女性權益促進會理事長） 「貝克德爾狂熱地對抗著成長的環境與逃脫的衝動，用她筆下的圖畫與文字為自己在這個多才、博學、卻極為寂寞的家庭裡找到存在意義。我讚賞她細膩的心思與多樣的才華──兼有美妙的文字與令人驚嘆的作畫。《歡樂之家》是一則複雜精細的童年紀事。」──吉兒‧索洛威(Jill Soloway)，影集《六呎風雲》(Six Feet Under)、《透明家庭》(Transparent)編劇暨製片 「讓《歡樂之家》如此出色的特質，也是它備受爭議的原因：它毫不避諱地直視性與壓抑，同時也申論了閱讀如何能救人一命。」──美國筆會 「開創性的先驅之作，為兩種文類（漫畫與回憶錄）都開展了全新的方向。一本寫給文字愛好者的漫畫書。貝克德爾結合了豐富的語言與精確的意象，創造出一部精采奪目的作品。」──《紐約時報》書評 「二十一世紀圖像小說及非文學書籍的傑作。」──《美國今日報》書評 「貝克德爾這部回憶錄的圖像敘事具有少見的豐富內涵、深度、文學共鳴，以及心理方面的複雜層次。」──《柯克斯書評》

A special hardcover Deluxe Collector's Edition of Alison Bechdel's groundbreaking, bestselling graphic memoir and basis for the Tony Award-winning musical--featuring a cloth case with new art, a reversible jacket with new art on both sides enhanced with teal and silver foil, and sprayed edges. Distant and exacting, Bruce Bechdel was an English teacher and director of the town funeral home, which Alison and her family referred to as the "Fun Home." It was not until college that Alison, who had recently come out as a lesbian, discovered that her father was also gay. A few weeks after this revelation, he was dead, leaving a confused legacy for his daughter to resolve. In her hands, personal history becomes a work of subtlety and power, written with controlled force and enlivened with humor, rich literary allusion, and heartbreaking detail.

L’autrice du classique moderne Fun Home revient avec son roman graphique le plus déjanté à ce jour. Après trois mémoires graphiques sur son père, sa mère, et sur sa passion pour les sports casse-cou, Alison Bechdel change de braquet. Elle délaisse l’autobiographie pour plonger dans l’autofiction comique. Sa nouvelle héroïne s’appelle Alison Bechdel, vit dans le Vermont et gère avec sa partenaire Holly un refuge pour chèvres naines du Pérou. Elle est cartoonist et a connu la gloire avec son livre Mort et taxidermie, consacré à son père empailleur. Le best-seller est devenu une série TV. Désormais riche et célèbre, Alison fait face à l’admiration envieuse de son groupe d’ami.e.s, en qui l’on reconnaît les personnages des Gouines à suivre avec trente ans de plus, livrés aux affres de la parentalité et du démon de midi. Mais lorsque Holly triomphe sur les réseaux sociaux avec un tutoriel viral sur l’art de débiter du bois, c’est autour d’Alison de céder à la jalousie médiatique. En panne sur son nouveau projet d’inspiration marxiste, elle imagine de créer un show de téléréalité follement populaire qui apprendrait aux gens à se libérer du consumérisme frénétique et à mener une vie plus éthique. Pas forcément la meilleure idée quand on est soi-même en proie aux sirènes de la surconsommation et aux aléas de la célébrité au cœur d’une Amérique au bord de la crise de nerfs et de la guerre civile. Elle sortira de l’aventure proprement LESSIVÉE. Sur les genoux, mais lavée de toute tentation. Sous les dehors de la comédie déjantée, Bechdel, en pleine verve voltairienne, épingle les modes de vie étranges de ses contemporain.e.s et pose de son trait acéré et bienveillant les questions qui font réfléchir.

'The funniest, most satirical cartoon she has ever written – as well as, perhaps, the most prescient' OBSERVER From her pygmy goat farm in Vermont, a cartoonist named Alison Bechdel wonders: Can she pull humanity out of its death spiral by writing a scathing memoir about her own greed and privilege? But how can she just sit around writing a book when the world is hanging on a thread? In this hilariously skewering comic novel, Alison is existentially pained by a climate-challenged world and a country on the brink of civil war. Her first graphic memoir about growing up with her taxidermist father has been adapted into a highly successful TV series, Death and Taxidermy. It’s a phenomenon that makes Alison, formerly on the cultural margins, the envy of her friend group. As the TV show racks up Emmy after Emmy, Alison’s own envy spirals. Surely writing her own wildly popular reality TV series wouldn’t be that hard? One that shows people how to free themselves from consumer capitalism and live a more ethical life?! In Spent, the celebrated, bestselling author of the modern classic Fun Home presents a laugh-out-loud and passionately political work of autofiction, and once again proves that “nobody does it better” (New York Times) than the real Alison Bechdel.

Après avoir exploré dans Fun Home et C’est toi ma maman ? les figures complexes de son père et de sa mère, c'est à la recherche d'elle même qu’Alison part avec ce nouvel ouvrage. Et où mieux se trouver que dans cette passion pour les sports violents, ineptes ou dangereux qui la pousse depuis l'enfance vers les derniers modèles de sneakers, tatamis, skis de fond, moutain bikes et autres instruments de torture ? Mais plus Alison se cultive physiquement, plus sa psyché semble lui faire obstacle. C’est donc du côté des philosophies orientales et des poètes romantiques et transcendantalistes des siècles passés, de Coleridge à Jack Kerouac, que notre exploratrice traque l'illumination. En artiste virtuose et athlète qui-ne-rajeunit-pas, elle parvient à la conclusion que le secret de la force surhumaine ne réside pas dans la vie au grand air et les abdos en plaquette de chocolat, mais plutôt dans le fait d'accepter sa dépendance aux autres, cruciale à la survie mentale. Comme dans toute son œuvre, humour, culture, introspection et profondeur de vue entrent en fusion pour faire de ce Secret de la force surhumaine une pierre de plus dans le jardin zen d'Alison Bechdel et une nouvelle pépite du roman graphique.

From the bestselling, award-winning author of Fun Home All her life, Alison Bechdel has searched for an elusive secret. The secret to superhuman strength. She has looked for it in her favourite books, the lives of her heroes, celibacy, polyamory, activism, therapy, and most obsessively, in her lifelong passion for exercise. Skiing, running, karate, cycling, yoga, weight lifting - you name it, she's tried it. "Oh, to be self-sufficient! Hard as a rock! An island!" But as she gets older, her body isn't getting any stronger. And in a changing, sometimes overwhelming world, are "cantaloupe-sized guns" all a person needs? Maybe the all-important secret is not where she expected to find it . . . In this, her third graphic memoir, Alison Bechdel has written a deeply layered, personal story about selfhood, self-sabotage, mortality, addiction, bliss, wonder, and the concerns of a generation.

L'auteure de Fun Home et de C'est toi, ma maman ? a réalisé entre 1983 et 2008 plus de 500 strips mettant en scène une pléiade de personnages (dont elle-même) et traitant, entre autres, du thème de l'homosexualité féminine. Alison Bechdel, plebiscitée dans le monde entier pour la qualité de son écriture et récompensée par de nombreux prix, y dépeint tout un pan de la contre-culture américaine de ces trente dernières années en mixant humour, révolte, réflexion et émotion. Réunies aux Etats-Unis sous le nom Dykes to Watch Out for, ces bandes dessinées devenues cultes (vous ne connaissez pas le "Test de Bechdel" ?) se voient enfin traduites en français dans leur intégralité.

A graphic novel follow-up to Fun Home depicts the author's mother as a voracious reader, music lover and passionate amateur actress who quietly suffers as the wife of a closeted gay artist and withdraws from her young daughter.

For 25 years Bechdel's path-breaking "Dykes to Watch Out For" strip has been collected in award-winning volumes, syndicated in alternative newspapers, and translated into many languages. This collection gathers 60 of the newest strips.

This book takes its place alongside the unnerving, memorable, darkly funny family memoirs of Augusten Burroughs and Mary Karr. It's a father-daughter tale perfectly suited to the graphic memoir form. Meet Alison's father, a historic preservation expert and obsessive restorer of the family's Victorian house, a third-generation funeral home director, a high school English teacher, an icily distant parent, and a closeted homosexual who, as it turns out, is involved with male students and a family babysitter. Through narrative that is alternately heartbreaking and fiercely funny, we are drawn into a daughter's complex yearning for her father. And yet, apart from assigned stints dusting caskets at the family-owned 'fun home, ' as Alison and her brothers call it, the relationship achieves its most intimate expression through the shared code of books. When Alison comes out as homosexual herself in late adolescence, the denouement is swift, graphic, and redemptive.--From publisher description.

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In the tenth book in the best-selling lesbian comic series that has become an international treasure, Mo, Clarice, Lois, Sparrow and Toni square off on questions of idealism, violence, compassion, patriotism and dissent. As they hash out their ideological differences, a black-and-white world takes on surprisingly variegated shades of grey. Syndicated worldwide and in Diva magazine, this newest addition to the series is guaranteed to take the UK lesbian community by storm.

Go behind the pen and into the psyche of "dyke to watch out for" Alison Bechdel, cartoon chronicler extraordinaire, as the inner workings of lesbiana's most quick-witted, longest-running social commentator are revealed. Illustrations throughout.

Big changes are set in motion when many of Alison Bechdel's best-loved lesbian gals find themselves on the move in this eighth cartoon collection. Illustrations.

Alison's Bechdel's cartoons are a libidinous commentary on the tsunami of lesbian erotica surging through the culture. The familiar cast of characters will keep readers laughing as their carnal mores are revealed.

The sixth collection of Bechdel's comic lampoons of lesbian life revisits Ginger, Mo, Lois, and Toni's early lives.

This is the fifth collection of work from Bechdel's signature comic strip, Dykes to Watch Out For. In this volume, Toni and Clarice are having a baby and of particular note is the long sequence created just for readers of Spawn--the birth itself. Where babies come from may never look the same again.

Grin, giggle, and guffaw your way through this celebrated cartoonist's graphic commentary of contemporary lesbian life.

The third collection of work from Bechdel's signature comic strip, Dykes to Watch Out For.

Irksomely earnest Mo makes her debut in this, the second collection of work from Bechdel's signature comic strip. Mo's at loose ends--unemployed, unintentionally celibate and unable to come to grips with a regrettable haircut. What could the unflappable Harriet possibly see in her? Perhaps the answer lies in the "mildly erotic" account of their first night together ...