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VACATION
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Summer vacation is going great for a girl who has everything to herself-including Grandpa-until a gray patch arrives.
Time moves slowly on vacation. And for someone who has spent a long time entertaining themselves and has had the garden, the kitchen, forest paths, the lake, and even Grandpa all to herself, it can be hard to invite another in on the fun. So when a young girl's grandfather brings an elephant home to stay, she is not pleased at all. Nostalgic and often dreamlike, this wordless story is about interrupted solitude, learning to be together with another, and how the choices we make deeply affect our lives.
Time moves slowly on vacation. And for someone who has spent a long time entertaining themselves and has had the garden, the kitchen, forest paths, the lake, and even Grandpa all to herself, it can be hard to invite another in on the fun. So when a young girl's grandfather brings an elephant home to stay, she is not pleased at all. Nostalgic and often dreamlike, this wordless story is about interrupted solitude, learning to be together with another, and how the choices we make deeply affect our lives.
Praise for VACATION
Recipient of the 2017 Salon de Montreuil Pépite D'or Literary AwardSilver Medalist in the 2018 Society of Illustrators Original Art ExhibitionA USBBY Outstanding International Book of 2019A 100 Scope Notes Most Astonishingly Unconventional Children's Book of 2018"Blexbolex has cracked the code."
The Comics Journal
STARRED REVIEW! ? "The enigmatic visual storytelling of French artist Blexbolex's Ballad (2013) is more prominent than ever in this reality-bending wordless outing, which can be read as an extended picture book or as a graphic novel... Puzzle-loving readers will adore teasing out the book's mysteries, and many more will simply want to lose themselves in its enchanting images."
Publishers Weekly
STARRED REVIEW! ? "This poignant tale of lost opportunity is presented through a series of small action and reaction shots set within larger views of a tidy country house in serene woodsy surrounds, all printed in serigraphic style on rough surfaced cloth. Emotional tapestries are easy to plot, both through the interplay of rich colors and deep shadows and the characters' strong, graceful postures and gestures... Magical work, as immersive as the author's Ballad (2013) or his larger-format picture albums."
Kirkus Reviews
Leave it to the creator of Ballad to craft one of the most unique graphic novels I've ever laid eyes on. Vacation is a dreamlike story about a girl and her grandfather and their unexpected elephantine summer guest. Blexbolex gets inventive on just about every page-playing with the concept of panels and finding inventive ways to present the passage of time.
100 Scope Notes
About the Author
Born in France in 1966, Blexbolex entered art school with the intention of becoming a painter, but left having discovered his talent as a silk screen artist. He works regularly with book publishers in France and Germany as an illustrator and comic book artist. His work, which is inspired by vintage design, mixes old printing methods with new interpretations and techniques. His book Seasons was selected as a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated book of 2010.
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