{"product_id":"nicolas-pascal-girard-9781770462625","title":"Nicolas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGirard revisits the childhood death of his little brother in his most emotional and spare work\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBurdened with grief, confusion, and anger, Pascal Girard explores the childhood passing of his five-year-old brother. Girard delves into the emotional repercussions of this life-changing trauma, from his memories as a nine-year-old struggling to understand up until the present day, twenty-five years after the shattering loss. At the heart of \u003ci\u003eNicolas \u003c\/i\u003elies the question shared by most undergoing bereavement: Why? This confusion multiplies for a young boy with few answers to his questions, lacking even a basic explanation of the cause of his brother's departure. As sorrow and guilt are muffled by time and the flurry of even the most typical childhood and adolescence, this is a story of grief not grieved, and a glimpse into the ongoing process of reckoning. Pascal struggles to reconcile the magnitude of this tragedy with the minutiae of his daily experience of loss. \u003ci\u003eNicolas\u003c\/i\u003e is a delicate, minimalist portrait of the many faces of mourning, identified with surprising humor and pathos by an artist who knows them intimately.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in a micro-run ten years ago, Girard creates new comics and an introduction that contemplate the larger effect of Nicolas's death on his current behaviors and habits. With masterful visual restraint, Girard pens a work of great honesty and integrity: \u003ci\u003eNicolas\u003c\/i\u003e resonates long after the book is closed, the weight of the story echoing closely the heft of the personal loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pascal Girard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770462627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770462625\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2016 pg. 71","brand":"Pascal Girard","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44829618274559,"sku":"9781770462625","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aaace41e-c78f-41c1-aafb-227322ae35aa.jpg?v=1708451241","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nicolas-pascal-girard-9781770462625","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}