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Is anyone else here familiar with her work?
I just recently acquired A Child's Life, and I'm pretty amazed, but even moreso disturbed and saddened. The book is mostly about sexual abuse, focusing mainly on the pedophile stepfather of the protagonist Minnie.
The book is very difficult to get through in one sitting, similar in how reading Chris Ware's Jimmy Corrigan can be a very emotionally draining experience. Some of the graphic depictions of sex acts are too depressing are particularly unsettling, as are the anatomical drawings - particularly the cross-section illustrations of young girls performing oral sex on men.
I highly recommend the book, particularly to the 'theory-bitch' segment of the Barbelith audience, and I would be very interested in hearing what others of you think of Gloeckner's work.
Edited to say:
Also, do check out this profile from the New York Times Magazine from this past August (my birthday, to be exact).
[ 12-02-2002: Message edited by: Flux = Rad ] |
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