Susceptible

by Castrée, Geneviève

• ISBN13: 9781770460881
• ISBN10: 1770460888
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781770465787
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-02-19
• Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly

Summary

A TRANS-CANADIAN EXPLORATION OF IDENTITY FROM A MULTITALENTED ARTIST AND MUSICIAN Genevieve Castree has long been beloved for her mini-comics, comics, visual art, and music. There is a unique quality to all of her artistic endeavorsquiet, serene, depressing. Castree's keen eye for detail and her fearless ability to probe the depths of her troubled past make Susceptiblea stirring portrait of an artist coming into her own. Susceptibleis the story of Goglu (Genevieve), a daydreamer growing up in Quebec in the '80s and '90s with a single mother. From a skillful artist comes a moving, beautiful story about families, loss, and growing up. Whether she's discussing nature versus nurture or the story of her birth, Castree imbues her storytelling with a quiet power and a confidence in the strength of imagery.

Author Biography

Geneviève Castrée was born in Québec in 1981. Sometimes interdisciplinary, she is mostly known for her work as an illustrator and cartoonist. Impatient and lazy, Geneviève never officially studied "art". She has made a few books and has had a few exhibitions in places such as Canada, the United States, Europe, Australia, and Japan.  Geneviève Castrée lives and works in the Pacific Northwest. She also has a music project called Ô PAON.

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Praise for Geneviève Castrée:

“[Castrée] offers three connected minimalist fables dreamily portraying a young woman’s reactions to depression, domesticity, and motherhood in delicate watercolors that, thanks largely to her keen graphic skills, make them whimsical without being cloying.” —Booklist

“[Castrée’s work], illustrated in a delicately watercolored style that suggests Richard Scarry in the throes of an Edward Gorey obsession, is an episodic meditation on love, belonging, and personal identity. The visual metaphors for depression and home will break your heart; the care taken with their rendering will join the broken pieces back together on every page.” —The Austin Chronicle

“We’re Wolf is composed of a trilogy of adult fables about happiness, sadness and companionship drawn in a graceful, languid style.” —Publishers Weekly