{"product_id":"misery-of-love","title":"Misery of Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eColonial history haunts this stunning, spectral-looking graphic novel, a spiritual sequel to the author's \u003ci\u003eYellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMisery of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, a spiritual sequel to the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eYellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e, Yvan Alagbé continues his unflinching interrogation of race and family in modern France. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book focuses on the dream-like memories of a woman named Clare, who is reluctantly spending time with her relatives for a funeral. Alagbé seamlessly glides between narratives of the family's past and present, all haunted by the legacy of France's colonial subjugation of Africa. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlagbé works in stormy grayscale washes, using comics, as he puts it, as \"a sacred dimension which celebrates, questions and perpetuates life.... I believe that life is not damnation but grace.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold through time shifts that echo Richard McGuire's \u003ci\u003eHere\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMisery of Love\u003c\/i\u003e is another ambitious, devastating masterpiece from one of France's best contemporary graphic novelists.","brand":"New York Review Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67583264587965,"sku":"BS-TC0-379180","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9781681379180-HD.jpg?v=1790508622","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/misery-of-love","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}