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Asterios Polyp

Asterios Polyp

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quando inizia a dedicarsi a questa sua prima graphic novel, per realizzare la quale impiegherà dieci anni. In effetti il romanzo è una satira perfettamente elaborata di un certo tipo di pensiero: dialettico, lineare, polarizzante, sistematizzante, architettonico, acutamente estraniato ed incorporeo. On top of Mazzucchelli's tight reign over his colour spectrum, there is ample evidence that he maintains the same level of control over his linework and design. I see this as a love story, and - among many other things - a story about the communication challenges that we experience because of our differences. In the group (we find out later) is Hana, rendered in swirling, shadowy pink, and Asterios, in stark, angular blue.The story opens out and out, in short vignettes, the present interspersed with flashbacks, dreams, and meandering philosophical asides.

The story reminded me of a Chinese saying: "Two thirds of what we see is behind our eyes", and a lot of this novel is about that crucial aspect of human existence. And we meet a sweet, smart, first-generation Japanese American artist with whom he had made a blissful life. The book is such a pleasure to read, filled with so many wide open panels, so much white space, you will feel like you are standing on top of the Pyrenees. The book has sold over 40,000 copies since its publication in July 2009; it is now in its sixth printing. E' ossessionato da una visione assolutamente dicotomica delle cose, che vengono viste sempre e comunque come distinte e in contrapposizione: marito e moglie, maschile e femminile, astratto e concreto, reale e ideale, architettura teorica verso quella creata, linea e forma, solido e liquido, presente e passato.On top of this is layered the framework of Greek tragedy and specific allusion to the myth of Orpheus (this is pointed out through fistfuls of overt clues, not the least of which is a dream in which Asterios takes the role of Orpheus and his ex-wife Hana embodies Eurydice). Asterios Polyp will cause comic-book buffs to swoon, sure, but the narrative—after a fire, an arrogant architect slowly begins to rebuild his own life—makes it much more than a pretty picture book. I found it so sad to see how the lack of communication, of inattentiveness towards one spouse, the appearance of seeming not to care could so easily crumble a marriage. Man mano, lungo il suo road trip, rinuncerà a ciascuno di questi oggetti, se ne libererà donandoli, completerà lo smantellamento dell’armatura esistenziale che lo ha protetto (ma anche isolato) fin qui, alleggerendosi e riuscendo finalmente a venire a patti col lato pratico delle cose, e quindi della vita.



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