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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     B., David, 1959-     Subjects     B., David, 1959-     Epileptics -- Family relationships -- France -- Comic books, strips, etc.     Epilepsy -- Alternative treatment -- France -- Comic books, strips, etc.     Browse Catalog     by author:      B., David, 1959-       by title:      Epileptic / David B....         MARC Display

Epileptic / David B. by B., David, 1959- New York : Pantheon Books, c2005. Subjects B., David, 1959-   Epileptics -- Family relationships -- France -- Comic books, strips, etc.   Epilepsy -- Alternative treatment -- France -- Comic books, strips, etc. ISBN:  0375423184 : Description:  361 p. : chiefly ill. ; 23 cm. Edition:  1st American ed. Requests:  0 Summary:  David B. spent an idyllic early childhood in a small town near Orléans, France, but the family's life changed abruptly when his big brother Jean-Christophe was struck with epilepsy at age eleven. In search of a cure, their parents dragged the family to acupuncturists and magnetic therapists, to mediums and macrobiotic communes, but every new cure ended in disappointment. Angry at his brother for "abandoning" him and at all the quacks who offered them false hope, the author learned to cope by drawing fantastically elaborate battle scenes, creating images that provide a window into his interior life, as well as reliving his grandfathers' experiences in both World Wars through flashbacks. An honest and horrifying portrait of the disease and of the pain and fear it sowed in the family, this graphic autobiography is also a moving depiction of one family's intricate history.--From publisher description.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Copy Status   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 741.5944 B   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 741.5944 B Be [Graphic] Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 741.5944 B Be [Graphic] Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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