{"product_id":"misery-of-love-yvan-alagb-9781681379180","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 Alagb? continues his 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 spending time with her family for her grandfather's funeral. Alagb? shifts between narratives of the family, all haunted by the legacy of France's colonial subjugation of Africa. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlagb? 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\u003eThis is another ambitious, devastating masterpiece from one of France's best contemporary cartoonists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yvan Alagb?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 168137918X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681379180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review Comics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Yvan Alagb?","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46571231052031,"sku":"9781681379180","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d7ade902-c780-40c6-8e96-ca7fbe03c07c.jpg?v=1738807625","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/misery-of-love-yvan-alagb-9781681379180","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}