![]() ![]() Seventeen-year-old Charlie Davis, a white girl living on the margins, thinks she has little reason to live: her father drowned himself her bereft and abusive mother kicked her out her best friend, Ellis, is nearly brain dead after cutting too deeply and she's gone through unspeakable experiences living on the street. 13 & up)Īfter surviving a suicide attempt, a fragile teen isn't sure she can endure without cutting herself. The story doesn’t leap from page, but this is a remarkably rendered and worthwhile treatment of the tragedy. Much of the text of the play remains intact, though in the backmatter Hinds dissects page by page what changes were made and why, offering scholarly interpretations that are both insightful and cleanly summative. These visual cues assist to a degree in deciphering the meaning of the Shakespearean language. As the king descends into madness, the art becomes downright menacing, with Lear appearing as a jagged, ghostly figure drawn with white pencil on a dark background. Once Cordelia is cast out and things sour, the images become darker and more compact. Employing a range of artistic styles that convey dramatic mood, the artist begins the play almost as a fairy tale, featuring bright, softly washed drawings. From an artist known for his vivid graphic-novel reworkings of Beowulf (2007) and The Merchant of Venice (2008) comes this nuanced adaptation of King Lear. ![]()
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