Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel: A Graphic Novel
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A dark comedy about trying to date post-divorce while raising two teenage daughters
*ANew York TimesNotable Book*
"Funny, painful, outrageous . . . Anya Ulinich is the David Sedaris of Russian-American cartoonists."
-Gary Shteyngart
Anya Ulinich turns her sharp eye toward the strange, often unmooring world of "grown-up" dating in this darkly comic graphic novel. After her fifteen-year marriage ends, Lena Finkle gets an eye-opening education in love, sex, and loss when she embarks on a string of online dates, all while raising her two teenage daughters. The Vampire of Bensonhurst, the Orphan, Disaster Man, and the Diamond Psychiatrist are just a few of the unforgettable characters she meets along the way. Evoking Louis C. K.'s humor and Amy Winehouse's longing and anguish, and paying homage to Malamud and Chekhov, Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel is a funny and moving story, beautifully told.
Author: Anya Ulinich
Format: Paperback, 368 pages, 188mm x 236mm, 616 g
Published: 2014, Penguin Putnam Inc, United States
Genre: Graphic Novels: General
Description
A dark comedy about trying to date post-divorce while raising two teenage daughters
*ANew York TimesNotable Book*
"Funny, painful, outrageous . . . Anya Ulinich is the David Sedaris of Russian-American cartoonists."
-Gary Shteyngart
Anya Ulinich turns her sharp eye toward the strange, often unmooring world of "grown-up" dating in this darkly comic graphic novel. After her fifteen-year marriage ends, Lena Finkle gets an eye-opening education in love, sex, and loss when she embarks on a string of online dates, all while raising her two teenage daughters. The Vampire of Bensonhurst, the Orphan, Disaster Man, and the Diamond Psychiatrist are just a few of the unforgettable characters she meets along the way. Evoking Louis C. K.'s humor and Amy Winehouse's longing and anguish, and paying homage to Malamud and Chekhov, Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel is a funny and moving story, beautifully told.
Lena Finkle's Magic Barrel: A Graphic Novel