{"id":49031,"date":"2022-02-04T11:12:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T16:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=49031"},"modified":"2022-02-04T10:58:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T15:58:37","slug":"ish-by-adam-de-souza-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/ish-by-adam-de-souza-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Ish by Adam de Souza [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-49037\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/Ish-Adam-de-Souza-BookDragon-639x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/Ish-Adam-de-Souza-BookDragon-639x800.jpg 639w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/02\/Ish-Adam-de-Souza-BookDragon.jpg 649w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/>Canadian cartoonist\/illustrator Adam de Souza gathers three previously published zines \u2013 <em>ish<\/em>\u00a0(2017),\u00a0<em>and so you write it down<\/em>\u00a0(2018), and\u00a0<em>coda<\/em> (2021) \u2013 to forge a loose journey confronting devastating loss and subsequent attempts at moving forward. In a narrative divided into brief vignettes, de Souza initially presents mostly black-and-white images unpredictably paneled, with intermittent colorful pages that seem to designate a narrative shift. Halfway through, tinted lines burst into panels and pages filled with peaches, turquoises, and golds, as if black and white is no longer enough. Vagueness looms throughout, emphasizing life\u2019s ambivalence and unknowing.<\/p>\n<p>The protagonist is initially a young child who is about to lose her mother \u2013 perhaps in a car accident as the cover suggests \u2013 leaving both father and daughter understandably bereft. \u201cThere is a sadness growing here. Its nature is to consume,\u201d the pages continue. Coping mechanisms include the extreme, \u201cdive therapy\u201d into utter darkness, as well as the more accessible writing and remembering.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201ccoda\u201d \u2013 \u201cand here we are, years later\u201d \u2013 offers no easy conclusions, \u201crarely certain,\u201d accepting a final \u201cish.\u201d De Souza creates for intrepid readers comfortable with ambiguity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Ish-\/pid=9758787\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Graphic Novels,&#8221; <em>Booklist<\/em>, February 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2022 (United States)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian cartoonist\/illustrator Adam de Souza gathers three previously published zines \u2013 ish\u00a0(2017),\u00a0and so you write it down\u00a0(2018), and\u00a0coda (2021) \u2013 to forge a loose journey confronting devastating loss and subsequent attempts at moving forward. 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