It’s daring on all fronts and-depending upon one’s tolerance for ambiguity-successful on most of them. PRODUCT DETAILS : ISBN : 9781595144355 BY (AUTHOR) Anthony, Jessica, BY (AUTHOR) Corral, Rodrigo PUBLISHER : Razorbill PUBLICATION DATE : February 22. A huge aha! moment (that we wouldn’t dream of spoiling) turns the whole thing on its head and makes successive reads an entirely different story. But the simple, dissonant chords of “Chopsticks” start to intrude upon and then dominate her performances, hinting at both her longing for Francisco and a teetering mental stability. Glory’s overbearing father takes her on a European tour to showcase her celebrated talent of seamlessly blending classical compositions with modern rock, often on the fly. Piano prodigy Glory Fleming meets an Argentinian teen, Francisco Mendoza, and the two fall into a mutual obsession. But this high-concept book’s ambition isn’t limited to its visual narrative mode and transmedia accessorizing, as the story itself moves from a teen love affair (and with condom wrappers, nude sketches, and more implied sexuality, it is definitely an affair) into something much deeper-and far trickier. With a narrative that unfolds in a procession of photographs, sketches, scrap paper, wine labels, mix-CD playlists, IM sessions, TV stills, letters sent home from school, and other bits of visual imagery overlaid by short bursts of text, this is a book that plays with the boundaries between novel, graphic novel, scrapbook story, and multiplatform blitz (paid apps, YouTube videos, and an interactive, electronic version of the book are also in the offing).
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