Ha cultura vasta ed eclettica, insegna in una prestigiosa cattedra universitaria a Ithaca (upstate New York), ed è alla ricerca (teoria) di un ordine (teorico) sia esteriore che interiore Da qui l’ossessione di Asterios, per binomi duplicazioni appaiamenti.Īsterios è un architetto di carta, cioè un teorico: non ha mai costruito nulla, mai visto realizzarsi concretamente nulla di quanto ha disegnato e progettato. Questa storia è narrata dal gemello morto col quale Asterios tende qua e là a sovrapporsi, identificarsi, scambiarsi. LIFE IS STRESSFUL, THAT'S WHY THEY SAY ‘REST IN PEACE’ĭavid Mazzucchelli ha già una lunga carriera alle spalle (anche i supereroi Marvel!!) quando inizia a dedicarsi a questa sua prima graphic novel, per realizzare la quale impiegherà dieci anni.Īsterios, proprio come Elvis Presley, ha un fratello gemello morto alla nascita, Ignacio, di cui scopre l’esistenza solo molti anni dopo.
In the meantime, we are enthralled by Mazzucchelli’s extraordinarily imagined world of brilliantly conceived eccentrics, sharply observed social mores, and deftly depicted asides on everything from design theory to the nature of human perception.Īsterios Polyp is David Mazzucchelli’s a great American graphic novel. Did Asterios do something to drive her away? What has happened to her? Is she even alive? All the questions will be answered, eventually. And we meet a sweet, smart, first-generation Japanese American artist with whom he had made a blissful life. But what is this “escape” really about?Īs the story unfolds, moving between the present and the past, we begin to understand this confounding yet fascinating character, and how he’s gotten to where he is. In a tenacious daze, he leaves the city and relocates to a small town in the American heartland.
Meet Asterios middle-aged, meagerly successful architect and teacher, aesthete and womanizer, whose life is wholly upended when his New York City apartment goes up in flames. An epic story long awaited, and well worth the wait. The triumphant return of one of comics’ greatest talents, with an engrossing story of one man’s search for love, meaning, sanity, and perfect architectural proportions.
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