tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533410326820379706.post3040364787231434849..comments2023-09-11T08:13:54.996-05:00Comments on The Prairie Library: Review: The Impostor's Daughter: A True Memoir by Laurie SandellChellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04506296443676360367noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533410326820379706.post-64120188316534125712010-10-29T02:59:35.158-05:002010-10-29T02:59:35.158-05:00Hi again Chelle,
Thank you for your reply on my li...Hi again Chelle,<br />Thank you for your reply on my little blog. I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you.<br /><br />Funnily enough, Maus 1 was a required reading text in a history unit I was looking at doing as an elective at uni last year. Unfortunately I didn't have room for the unit, but am now intrigued by Maus.<br /><br />Other than Shaun Tan, I've only read Stitches by David Small - a memoir. I found the story touchingly tragic, but the art was very disturbing and really put me off.<br /><br />Recently I've ordered The Exile by Diana Gabaldon as a companion work to her Outlander romance series and am awaiting its arrival with fannish excitement. I hope to find Maus in my travels and continue my graphic novel education in the future.<br /><br />Poppy RedAnonymous Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14371971261375807807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533410326820379706.post-66631923023475496042010-10-01T05:30:22.488-05:002010-10-01T05:30:22.488-05:00I'm just starting to see graphic novels myself...I'm just starting to see graphic novels myself and would be interested in what your favourites are. I've only found Shaun Tan to my tastes so far and am struggling to find that art/story balance.<br />Poppy RedAnonymous Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14371971261375807807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533410326820379706.post-36805378085925695332010-09-30T22:22:08.393-05:002010-09-30T22:22:08.393-05:00Support - that's a good way of describing it. ...Support - that's a good way of describing it. <br /><br />People often write their memoirs many years after the events which they write about. In this case, she wrote it while everything was fresh. I wonder if that didn't contribute to how she presented the themes. <br /><br />It was a fun read though and very fast to go through.Chellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04506296443676360367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533410326820379706.post-33537714999275690642010-09-30T21:51:13.557-05:002010-09-30T21:51:13.557-05:00I just read this over the weekend! As far as the i...I just read this over the weekend! As far as the images go, I didn't feel like they added much to the story but were more just present to give the story a visual aid. Really good graphic novels show things in the images that you can't pick up from the text, but in this graphic novel it just felt like support. I liked the story but didn't feel like it went much further than the story- if that makes sense? I felt she could have pushed the idea of spending your whole life one way only to find out it was wrong into a more universal idea. It was a fun, quick read, but not my favorite graphic memoir.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00878749520906342274noreply@blogger.com