I, Parrot
By Deb Olin Unferth
Illustrated by Elizabeth Haidle
By Deb Olin Unferth
Illustrated by Elizabeth Haidle
Category: Fiction Graphic Novels | Literary Fiction
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$18.95
Nov 01, 2017 | ISBN 9781936787654
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Praise
Praise for I, Parrot by Deb Olin Unferth and Elizabeth Haidle
“[Unferth’s] language is sly and bitterly funny, matched in mood by Haidle’s monochromatic, inkwash–style artwork, which plays up the story’s whimsy as well as its sadness.”” —The New York Times Book Review
“I don’t know anything about birds, but I do know good comics, and this is one.”” —Vulture
“Unferth dexterously juggles pathos and humor in her debut graphic novel, an intimate and contemplative reflection on the slow revelatory dawning of what it means to care for something—or someone. . . . Unexpectedly funny, sad, scary, affirming and totally engrossing.”” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“[A] winningly surreal collaboration. . . . Unferth impresses with strong characterizations and a tightrope tragicomic tone. Haidle’s spare, cartoony, Mary Blair–ish illustrations, impressively rendered in grayscale—especially the 20 different species of parrots and the characters’ permanent, ‘rosy’ blush—and her retro–futuristic, all–caps style perfectly complement the colorful, off–kilter tale of a woman redirecting the sails of her story.”” —Booklist
“Haidle brings more than just design expertise. Her simple, crisp grayscale images set the tone for the story: a dreamlike softness evoked by the mid–20th century modernist cartoon figures, overlaid with the textural complexity of watercolor, but stripped of color.”” —Multiversity Comics
“A deftly observed, sad, and ultimately hopeful fable about civilization, wildness, and love.” —Molly Crabapple, author of Drawing Blood
“I, Parrot beautifully renders the weird in–betweenness of life. It illuminates the messy: custody battles, insecticide hazards, the hairpin paths of love.” —Leanne Shapton, author of Swimming Studies
“A lovingly crafted world of gray, at once complex and weightless.” —Roman Muradov, author of Lost and Found
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