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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
What a sad,sad story about the constraints that are put on women who are expected to conform to a certain point of view. In this case, society is represented by the father, the patriarch of the family unit.
The two stories interwoven here parallel and contrast the story of Mary Talbot and Lucia Joyce. The latter was the daughter of author James Joyce, who was given every freedom when growing up but ended up in a mental institution for most of her life just because she wanted to stay free. The latter is the daughter of a well-known Joyce scholar who had her own father issues but who eventually got the freedom that Lucia Joyce never did.
It is a brief but lovely story, and rightly deserves it's nomination for the Costa Book Award, a rarity for a graphic novel. The book is illustrated by Mary Talbot's husband Bryan, here taking the back seat to his wife's work and rightly so. The art is subdued by his standards, mostly done in sepia and black and white.
For everyone who still thinks that graphic novels are about men wearing their underwear on the outside, go and read this book.
The two stories interwoven here parallel and contrast the story of Mary Talbot and Lucia Joyce. The latter was the daughter of author James Joyce, who was given every freedom when growing up but ended up in a mental institution for most of her life just because she wanted to stay free. The latter is the daughter of a well-known Joyce scholar who had her own father issues but who eventually got the freedom that Lucia Joyce never did.
It is a brief but lovely story, and rightly deserves it's nomination for the Costa Book Award, a rarity for a graphic novel. The book is illustrated by Mary Talbot's husband Bryan, here taking the back seat to his wife's work and rightly so. The art is subdued by his standards, mostly done in sepia and black and white.
For everyone who still thinks that graphic novels are about men wearing their underwear on the outside, go and read this book.
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
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Dotter of her Father’s Eyes is one of the more interesting comics to have been released recently, and it starts with the way the title is set out. On the book it is “Dotter of her Father’s Eyesâ€
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
This was much more intense than I thought it was going to be. I was not prepared for the emotional roller coaster this GN took me on. I very much enjoyed the parallels between James Joyce and Mary's father and Lucia Joyce and Mary. And the use of color to separate the stories also made the story very interesting.
I received this as a Christmas gift from a friend, and was aware of this book only by title and the fact that the writer is married to Bryan Talbot, who frequently appears in my local paper due to his work in his Alice in Sunderland graphic novel.
I knew nothing of the story, but was certainly intrigued by the blurb.
Dotter of her Father's Eyes is partially an autobiography, following Mary Talbot's life and her relationship with her parents. It is juxtaposed by a biography of James Joyce's dancer daughter, Lucia, who had her own turbulent relationship with her parents. The link is not only in the parallels between the two women's relationships with their families, but also that Mary Talbot's father was an eminent Joycean scholar.
The art work is quirky and quite beautiful at times with subtle use of colour every now and again. The story flows nicely and Lucia and Mary are both quite relatable people.
It is a fantastic graphic novel and well worth a read.
I knew nothing of the story, but was certainly intrigued by the blurb.
Dotter of her Father's Eyes is partially an autobiography, following Mary Talbot's life and her relationship with her parents. It is juxtaposed by a biography of James Joyce's dancer daughter, Lucia, who had her own turbulent relationship with her parents. The link is not only in the parallels between the two women's relationships with their families, but also that Mary Talbot's father was an eminent Joycean scholar.
The art work is quirky and quite beautiful at times with subtle use of colour every now and again. The story flows nicely and Lucia and Mary are both quite relatable people.
It is a fantastic graphic novel and well worth a read.
http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/2303688.html[return][return]This remarkable graphic novel won the Costa Award for biography in 2012; but it's actually two biographies, the story of Lucia Joyce, daughter of James, and of Mary Talbot, daughter of a famous Joycean scholar, and how their family dynamics were jointly shaped by their fathers' application of the traditional principles in their personal lives which they eschewed in literature. Lucia's is the more tragic story, thwarted from a promising dancing career (briefly distracted by Samuel Beckett) and eventually hospitalised for many years before her death; Mary managed to find a life partner who eventually illustrated her story and Lucia's. It's very good.
Really interesting - Mary Talbot's father was a well-regarded Joycean scholar. This graphic novel interweaves her own autobiography and father-daughter relationship with the life of James Joyce's daughter, Lucia. So well done.
I was going to get an early night but instead accidentally reread the entire book in one sitting? whoops
Also how did I not realise that Sammuel Beckett was in this??? I only noticed it this time on my 3rd reading???? (also can you imagine some kind of Joyce/Beckett dynasty? It would be like the Bloomsbury set or that time when Shelly, Byron, Polidori and Mary Shelly were all hanging out and a whole new genre was invented by the only girl there???)
Also they quote a whole chunk of 'The Red Shoes' which is one of the greatest movies ever made (and also one of my favourite films of all time - if you're reading this and you haven't seen it, GO AND WATCH IT NOW) and how the hell did that not stick out a mile to me earlier??????
So basically everyone should read this book. You can get through it in about an hour, which was as long as this reading took me. GOGOGO
Also how did I not realise that Sammuel Beckett was in this??? I only noticed it this time on my 3rd reading???? (also can you imagine some kind of Joyce/Beckett dynasty? It would be like the Bloomsbury set or that time when Shelly, Byron, Polidori and Mary Shelly were all hanging out and a whole new genre was invented by the only girl there???)
Also they quote a whole chunk of 'The Red Shoes' which is one of the greatest movies ever made (and also one of my favourite films of all time - if you're reading this and you haven't seen it, GO AND WATCH IT NOW) and how the hell did that not stick out a mile to me earlier??????
So basically everyone should read this book. You can get through it in about an hour, which was as long as this reading took me. GOGOGO