{"product_id":"9781770461543","title":"Everywhere Antennas","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eEverywhere Antennas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Julie Delporte\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poetic novel that plumbs the depths of self-doubt and technological fatigue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulie Delporte's \u003ci\u003eEverywhere Antennas \u003c\/i\u003eis a deeply affecting, sparely constructed novel, equal parts \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bell Jar\u003c\/i\u003e. Told in the first person, it offers diary-like entries from an anonymous narrator who is undergoing a nervous breakdown and struggling to hold together a failing relationship. In soft, flowing colored pencil, Delporte shows her narrator coming to terms with a rare and misunderstood sensitivity to the radiation emitted by the televisions, cell phones, and computers that permeate urban life. \u003cbr\u003e     On each page a few words are paired with an image or two, conveying a moment or a thought simply but effectively. Over the course of the book, the anonymous narrator moves from place to place, looking for solutions to her melancholy in the countryside via isolation and in the city with friends, sometimes turning to medication for answers. Throughout, her emotional and intellectual landscape receives as much attention as her physical surroundings.\u003cbr\u003e     \u003ci\u003eEverywhere Antennas\u003c\/i\u003e is the portrait of a woman caught in the margins, struggling to balance the demands of technology and modern life with the need to find meaningful relationships and work. Roughly hewn figures, sketched in pencil crayon on brightly contrasting backgrounds, populate the pages of this flowing, emotive work. With \u003ci\u003eEverywhere Antennas\u003c\/i\u003e, Delporte proves herself a master craftswoman of heartbreakingly personal, beautifully literary graphic fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Julie Delporte's] beautiful, existential graphic novel,\u003ci\u003e Everywhere Antennas\u003c\/i\u003e, did not disappoint. Despite its preoccupation with technology, \u003ci\u003eEverywhere Antennas\u003c\/i\u003e' rough-hewn scrapbook aesthetic has a vital, refreshing offline sensibility.” —\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire Best Books of the Year\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In Delporte's second book of impressionistic, illustrated diary entries, the Montreal-based cartoonist practices a kind of deceptive simplicity . . . [her] lo-fi, artisanal methods shimmer with the fluidity of the natural world.” —\u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eEverywhere Antennas\u003c\/i\u003e is a] contemplative visual diary . . . profound moments appear in the most unlikely places.” —\u003ci\u003eCBC Books Holiday Gift Guide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Julie Delporte's haunting . . . fictional journal of a woman is created from sparse entries and beautiful sketches drawn with colored pencil . . . It's an intriguing read that draws you along page-by-page.” —\u003ci\u003eBitch Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781770461543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Drawn and Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40595632029902,"sku":"9781770461543","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_c26d0867-aad4-43bd-895c-bb5d5caf6c40.jpg?v=1637837047","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781770461543","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}