{"product_id":"the-graphic-canon-vol-3-isbn-9781609803803","title":"The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3","description":"\u003cb\u003eNOW A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \"Best Summer Books of 2013\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast's \"\u003c\/i\u003eBrainy Summer Beach Reads\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe classic literary canon meets the comics artists, illustrators, and other artists who have remade reading in Russ Kick's magisterial, three-volume, full-color \u003ci\u003eThe Graphic Canon\u003c\/i\u003e, volumes 1, 2, and 3.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVolume 3 brings to life the literature of the end of the 20th century and the start of the 21st, including a Sherlock Holmes mystery, an H.G. Wells story, an illustrated guide to the Beat writers, a one-act play from Zora Neale Hurston, a disturbing meditation on \u003ci\u003eNaked Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e, Rilke's soul-stirring \u003ci\u003eLetters to a Young Poet\u003c\/i\u003e, Anaïs Nin's diaries, the visions of Black Elk, the heroin classic \u003ci\u003eThe Man With the Golden Arm \u003c\/i\u003e(published four years before William Burroughs' \u003ci\u003eJunky\u003c\/i\u003e), and the postmodernism of Thomas Pynchon, David Foster Wallace, Kathy Acker, Raymond Carver, and Donald Barthelme.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe towering works of modernism are here--T.S. Eliot's \"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock\" and \"The Waste Land,\" Yeats's \"The Second Coming\" done as a magazine spread, \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, stories from Kafka, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eVoyage Out \u003c\/i\u003eby Virginia Woolf, James Joyce's masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e, and his short story \"Araby\" from \u003ci\u003eDubliners\u003c\/i\u003e, rare early work from Faulkner and Hemingway (by artists who have drawn for Marvel), and poems by Gertrude Stein and Edna St. Vincent Millay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou'll also find original comic versions of short stories by W. Somerset Maugham, Flannery O'Connor, and Saki (manga style), plus adaptations of \u003ci\u003eLolita \u003c\/i\u003e(and everyone said it couldn't be done!), \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Innocence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSiddhartha \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSteppenwolf \u003c\/i\u003eby Hermann Hesse, \"The Negro Speaks of Rivers\" by Langston Hughes, \u003ci\u003eOne\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFlew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLast Exit to Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e, J.G. Ballard's \u003ci\u003eCrash\u003c\/i\u003e, and photo-dioramas for \u003ci\u003eAnimal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFarm \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz\u003c\/i\u003e. Feast your eyes on new full-page illustrations for \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrave New\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWorld\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Godot\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude,The Bell Jar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWind-Up Bird Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, and three Borges stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Crumb's rarely seen adaptation of \u003ci\u003eNausea \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures Sartre's existential dread. Dame Darcy illustrates Cormac McCarthy's masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eBlood Meridian\u003c\/i\u003e, universally considered one of the most brutal novels ever written and long regarded as unfilmable by Hollywood. Tara Seibel, the only female artist involved with the Harvey Pekar Project, turns in an exquisite series of illustrations for \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/i\u003e. And then there's the moment we've been waiting for: the first graphic adaptation from Kurt Vonnegut's masterwork, \u003ci\u003eSlaughterhouse-Five\u003c\/i\u003e. Among many other gems.\"These works of literature do not reside just on the shelves of academia; they flourish in the eye of our imagination ... will leave you awe-struck.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's easily the most ambitious and successfully realized literary project in recent memory, and certainly the one that's most relevant for today's readers\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e, Indie Booksellers Pick 2012's Best\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Most Beautiful Book of 2013 is \u003ci\u003eThe Graphic Canon, Vol. 3\u003c\/i\u003e\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Best Summer Books 2013\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Graphic Canon\u003c\/i\u003e is startlingly brilliant.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This meaty slab is laced with more wit, beauty, social commentary and shock than one might expect.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is not only a survey of the world’s diverse artistic past, but also a breathtaking glimpse of this young medium’s incredible future ... proves most powerful in its tear-inducing panoply of graphic talents and styles working in the comics medium.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"The trilogy should occupy a prominent place in all adult graphic novel collections.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Graphic Canon\u003c\/i\u003e is absolutely the most ambitious book I’ve picked up this year.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kick’s passionate introductions anchor the collection, appearing before every adaptation and setting writer and artist in context. And they're central to the anthology's purpose: to entertain, but also to broaden the mind, to foist James Joyce on people who never got beyond Buck Mulligan, to nudge lovers of literature to pick up a graphic novel or three.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bold, brilliant ... By turns playful and beautiful, this visual treatment is more than entertainment; it offers a new perspective for understanding these enduring works.”\u003cb\u003e —\u003ci\u003eReader’s Digest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A treasure trove for literary comics fans.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A vibrant, feverish dance through some of the best parts of our artistic history.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePaste\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Verdict: Russ Kick brings it on home – to the home library – with style.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Austin Chronicle \u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eFounder of the website The Memory Hole, which archived sensitive and difficult to find official documents, RUSS KICK has devoted much of his life to digging up what others hope to keep buried. His bestselling anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eYou Are Being Lied To\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEverything You Know Is Wrong,\u003c\/i\u003e have sold over half a million copies. The New York Times has dubbed Kick \"an information archaeologist,\" Details magazine described Kick as “a Renaissance man,” and Utne Reader named him one of its “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World.” Russ Kick lives and works in Nashville, Tennessee, and Tucson, Arizona.The Definitive Anthology of the World's Great Literature as Comics and Visuals","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303042601189,"sku":"NP9781609803803","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781609803803.jpg?v=1767739617","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-graphic-canon-vol-3-isbn-9781609803803","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}