{"product_id":"the-miroslav-nemeth-project-5-comix","title":"The miroslav nemeth project: 5 comix","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book consists of five linocut narratives by the Croatian artist Miroslav Nemeth, originally published in Gobshite Quarterly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"The Roman Key,\" light, lighthearted, fanciful, spare and surreal two-part drawings tell the tale of Nemeth's search for the key to \"Roma,\" the city or a girl. Roma's ambiguity is playful and charming, as are his rhymes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith complex, expressionist linocuts, \"I Had a Dog\" illustrates the tale of Nemeth's pet Afghan hound who \"behaved like a king.\" The neighborhood is enchanted with the dog's gentleness. Then the dog becomes inexplicably aggressive, first biting Nemeth, then biting anyone who provokes him by walking along the fence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Hood\" is a complex visual description of parts of Nemeth's childhood. The view from his shared bedroom window, happy and welcoming, optimistic; his older brother becoming a \"Tito Pioneer,\" Nemeth given a small flag; Nemeth going to school, the school starkly, darkly pyramidal, untrustworthy, as he walks to it with the other children; an eerily welcoming church as he discovers God; the walk home from school, the cross on the traffic island reminding him that the church is still there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A Smell from a Nose\" expands the description of Nemeth's childhood. Holidays and soccer and the sea add to his joy, though the cross on the traffic island remains. As he becomes a teenager the family moves to a house near the city graveyard; he sees a chicken killed and the fragility of life, returns home and becomes almost housebound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Metaphysics in the Yard,\" is also set in the world of childhood. Jagged panes\/perspectives irrupt into each other, collide on the page, while the tale considers clashing viewpoints about fear and self-recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNemeth and his father are in the garden; Nemeth sees an ugly bug and wants it killed. His father picks the bug up. It begs for its life, grows huge, and leaves him unrecognizable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reprobate\/Gobq","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48822089089213,"sku":"BS-TC0-643928","price":18.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9781647643928-HD.jpg?v=1789833097","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/the-miroslav-nemeth-project-5-comix","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}