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The Contradictions Tekijä: Sophie Yanow
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The Contradictions (vuoden 2020 painos)

Tekijä: Sophie Yanow (Tekijä), Sophie Yanow (Kuvittaja)

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"Sophie's young and queer and into feminist theory. She decides to study abroad, choosing Paris for no firm reason beyond liking French comics. Feeling a bit lonely and out of place, she's desperate for community and a sense of belonging. She stumbles into what/who she's looking for when she meets Zena. An anarchist student-activist committed to veganism and shoplifting, Zena offers Sophie a whole new political ideology that feels electric. Enamored--of Zena, of the idea of living more righteously--Sophie finds herself swept up in a whirlwind friendship that blows her even farther from her rural Californian roots as they embark on a disastrous hitchhiking trip to Amsterdam and Berlin full of couch surfing, drug tripping, and radical book fairs. Capturing that time in your life where you're meeting new people and learning about the world--when everything feels vital and urgent--The Contradictions is Sophie Yanow's fictionalized coming-of-age story. Sophie's attempts at ideological purity are challenged time and again, putting into question the plausibility of a life of dogma in a world filled with contradictions. Keenly observed, frank, and very funny, The Contradictions speaks to a specific reality while also being incredibly relatable, reminding us that we are all imperfect people in an imperfect world"--From the publisher's web site.… (lisätietoja)
Jäsen:Papiervisje
Teoksen nimi:The Contradictions
Kirjailijat:Sophie Yanow (Tekijä)
Muut tekijät:Sophie Yanow (Kuvittaja)
Info:Drawn and Quarterly
Kokoelmat:Oma kirjasto
Arvio (tähdet):***1/2
Avainsanoja:Comix, Paperback, Drama, Doos 177

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I love it when interesting graphic novels cross my desk. This one kind of reminds me of my daughter, as it's about a young woman with strong social and political beliefs who finds herself in Europe, doing a study abroad program. She has a hard time finding a community, until she meets Zena, and ends up planning a radical hitchhiking trip from Paris to Berlin. As expected, it is filled with missteps and unanticipated exploits, but despite what feels like the inherent risk of such a venture, nothing really bad happens. They have their radical political ideals, but they are both middle-class white American women, with nothing to stop them from exercising their privilege, except their own principles. So, they hitchhike and couch-surf, visit museums and take drugs, and in the end they are still friends, though perhaps a little weary of each other. It is the kind of adventure every young person should have, throwing caution to the winds, and trusting the universe to deal with them fairly. I suppose it's kind of a sad commentary on the state of the world, that I felt suspicious, even anxious, that it wouldn't end well for them. It gives me hope that it actually does. ( )
  karenchase | Jun 14, 2023 |
I finished Sophie Yanow’s graphic novel _The Contradictions_ yesterday. It’s a story about a twenty year old American woman in Paris on in a study abroad context. She meets a woman who’s an anarchist, and they have an adventure. It’s so carefully understated, so simply phrased, and similarly drawn, so that nothing extraneous distracts from the pregnancy of interpretation. Each statement could be read a few ways, and the hints from facial expressions guide but a little. I like this. The page fades and you fall into the scenarios, the little unstated tensions playing themselves out here and there. The frustration of being young and newly aware of your place in a society you did not shape or opt into, the nascent hope of a better world even while you haven’t fully grappled with the complexities those possible worlds bring, all piled into the newness of a different place and the endless possibility of a new friendship, or something more. Negotiating norms alongside desire, plumbing comfort and stress side by side. All this comes through in simple black and white drawings of gangly folks whose understated facial expressions provide just enough of a glimpse into the oceans beneath that it seems more real than photographs. I liked it and recommend it. ( )
  jtth | Aug 17, 2021 |
A feckless American college student studying abroad in Paris finds herself crushing on an anarchist poser and ditches her friend to follow the hot girl on a hitchhiking adventure across Europe. I found myself disliking the book for quite a while, until I realized I was looking at it through the disapproving lens of a father with a daughter the same age as the author. Once I reflected on how I felt at 20, her actions become more understandable. The ending helped solidify my turnaround. ( )
  villemezbrown | Jan 3, 2021 |
I couldn’t finish this one. Maybe it’s too sophisticated for this reader. Also overuse of the F word became off putting.

This is the chronicle of the the journey of a queer 20-year-old. She is attending college as a foreign exchange student in Paris. She’s bored and it’s time for change, So surely Paris is where it can happen. Money is tight and life right now is fragile. She meets a woman named Zena, who introduces her to anarchist ideals such as veganism, squatting, worker-owned cooperatives—and shoplifting. The pair then embark on a spring break road trip, hitchhiking through Amsterdam, Ghent, and Berlin.

At first, she admires Zena and tries to be her, including going vegan. Soon into the venture tensions arise, as she begins to realizes that the relationship, is making her life is becoming more complicated.
The illustrations are as bland as the story, but are nevertheless fitting to the story.
I’m sure another reader will gleen a better view of this graphic novel
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  jothebookgirl | Dec 14, 2020 |
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"Sophie's young and queer and into feminist theory. She decides to study abroad, choosing Paris for no firm reason beyond liking French comics. Feeling a bit lonely and out of place, she's desperate for community and a sense of belonging. She stumbles into what/who she's looking for when she meets Zena. An anarchist student-activist committed to veganism and shoplifting, Zena offers Sophie a whole new political ideology that feels electric. Enamored--of Zena, of the idea of living more righteously--Sophie finds herself swept up in a whirlwind friendship that blows her even farther from her rural Californian roots as they embark on a disastrous hitchhiking trip to Amsterdam and Berlin full of couch surfing, drug tripping, and radical book fairs. Capturing that time in your life where you're meeting new people and learning about the world--when everything feels vital and urgent--The Contradictions is Sophie Yanow's fictionalized coming-of-age story. Sophie's attempts at ideological purity are challenged time and again, putting into question the plausibility of a life of dogma in a world filled with contradictions. Keenly observed, frank, and very funny, The Contradictions speaks to a specific reality while also being incredibly relatable, reminding us that we are all imperfect people in an imperfect world"--From the publisher's web site.

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