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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed memoir Stitches comes a stunning story of one boy's heartbreaking coming of age in 1950s America.
David Small's long-awaited graphic novel evokes Lord of the Flies in its savage portrayal of male adolescence gone awry. Kaleidoscopic and cinematic, Home After Dark is both a visual and narrative tour de force that renders the brutality of adolescence in the so-called nostalgic 1950s like no other recent work. After his mother abandons the family, thirteen-year-old Russell Pruitt follows his alcoholic father to sun-splashed California in search of the American Dream. Left on his own, with no parental guidance, Russell struggles to find his place in small town Marshfield, where he is bullied and gradually falls into a tentative friendship with another boy. Eventually, a series of unexpected events force Russell to confront his own frailties and cruelties, especially after his refusal to act results in tragedy.
A gritty, unsentimental, and unforgettable immersion in the life of a boy trying to forge his own path to manhood, Home After Dark confirms David Small as one of the most gifted visual storytellers at work today.
David Small's long-awaited graphic novel evokes Lord of the Flies in its savage portrayal of male adolescence gone awry. Kaleidoscopic and cinematic, Home After Dark is both a visual and narrative tour de force that renders the brutality of adolescence in the so-called nostalgic 1950s like no other recent work. After his mother abandons the family, thirteen-year-old Russell Pruitt follows his alcoholic father to sun-splashed California in search of the American Dream. Left on his own, with no parental guidance, Russell struggles to find his place in small town Marshfield, where he is bullied and gradually falls into a tentative friendship with another boy. Eventually, a series of unexpected events force Russell to confront his own frailties and cruelties, especially after his refusal to act results in tragedy.
A gritty, unsentimental, and unforgettable immersion in the life of a boy trying to forge his own path to manhood, Home After Dark confirms David Small as one of the most gifted visual storytellers at work today.
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DAVID SMALL's first work for adults, Stitches, was a #1 New York Times bestseller, a finalist for the National Book Award, and winner of an Alex Award. He is the recipient of the Caldecott Medal, a Christopher Medal, and the E. B. White Award for his work in picture books, which include Imogene's Antlers, The Gardener, and So, You Want to Be President? He and his wife, the writer Sarah Stewart, live in Mendon, Michigan.
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“Home After Dark is incredibly moving. David Small is among the most masterful storytellers alive today.” —Gene Yang, author of Boxers and Saints
“David Small’s extraordinary new graphic novel, Home After Dark, is the story of Russell, a teenaged boy abandoned first by his mother and then by his father. It’s about Russell’s adolescence but also everyone’s: learning who you can and can’t trust, the complexities of relationships with your peers, and figuring out who you are and the kind of person you want to be. Russell’s struggle to survive and not be crushed by the indifference or cruelty of the world drew me in. The drawings are gorgeous and expressive―Small’s facial expressions alone filled me with awe. A wonderful book and a great follow-up to Stitches.” —Roz Chast, The New Yorker cartoonist
“Home After Dark is a poem-in-pictures, evocative and heart breaking and simple and pure. And I am not sure I will ever recover from it. Think of Lord of the Flies and The Catcher in the Rye joined as one, yet even more painfully honest. This is a haunting work of unfolding surprise. Few words, cinematic pictures, dazzling art.” —Jules Feiffer, author of the best-selling Kill My Mother Trilogy
“As an adolescent, when I read Conroy’s Stop Time, or Weesner’s The Car Thief, or Wolff’s This Boy’s Life, the prose drew rich images of youth before my eyes, and defined me. David Small, in his sparsely written graphic novel, Home After Dark, has ingeniously created the reverse sensation. The silence of his masterful drawings has put words in my mouth―words that recapture the inchoate chaos of youth.” —Jack Gantos, winner of the Newbery Award and author of Hole in My Life
“[David Small is] a master graphic storyteller who has certainly captured male adolescence in 1950s America. Having to think about dodging high school bullies every day sure resonated with me! And Russell’s sexual predicament was handled in a very original way.” —Robert Crumb, author of The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
“Home After Dark is incredibly moving. David Small is among the most masterful storytellers alive today.” —Gene Yang, author of Boxers and Saints
“David Small’s extraordinary new graphic novel, Home After Dark, is the story of Russell, a teenaged boy abandoned first by his mother and then by his father. It’s about Russell’s adolescence but also everyone’s: learning who you can and can’t trust, the complexities of relationships with your peers, and figuring out who you are and the kind of person you want to be. Russell’s struggle to survive and not be crushed by the indifference or cruelty of the world drew me in. The drawings are gorgeous and expressive―Small’s facial expressions alone filled me with awe. A wonderful book and a great follow-up to Stitches.” —Roz Chast, The New Yorker cartoonist
“Home After Dark is a poem-in-pictures, evocative and heart breaking and simple and pure. And I am not sure I will ever recover from it. Think of Lord of the Flies and The Catcher in the Rye joined as one, yet even more painfully honest. This is a haunting work of unfolding surprise. Few words, cinematic pictures, dazzling art.” —Jules Feiffer, author of the best-selling Kill My Mother Trilogy
“As an adolescent, when I read Conroy’s Stop Time, or Weesner’s The Car Thief, or Wolff’s This Boy’s Life, the prose drew rich images of youth before my eyes, and defined me. David Small, in his sparsely written graphic novel, Home After Dark, has ingeniously created the reverse sensation. The silence of his masterful drawings has put words in my mouth―words that recapture the inchoate chaos of youth.” —Jack Gantos, winner of the Newbery Award and author of Hole in My Life
“[David Small is] a master graphic storyteller who has certainly captured male adolescence in 1950s America. Having to think about dodging high school bullies every day sure resonated with me! And Russell’s sexual predicament was handled in a very original way.” —Robert Crumb, author of The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
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- PublisherMcClelland & Stewart
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 077107932X
- ISBN 13 9780771079320
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