Parenthesis

A triumph of graphic memoir, Parenthesis narrates the author's experience with tumor-related epilepsy--losing herself, and finding herself again.

Julie is barely out of her teens when a tumor begins pressing on her brain, ushering in a new world of seizures, memory gaps, and loss of self. Suddenly, the sentence of her normal life has been interrupted by the opening of a parenthesis that may never close. Based on the real experiences of cartoonist Élodie Durand, Parenthesis is a gripping testament of struggle, fragility, acceptance, and transformation which was deservedly awarded the Revelation Prize of the Angoulême International Comics Festival.

Un triumf al memoriilor grafice, Paranteza povesteste experienta autoarei cu epilepsia legata de tumori - pierzandu-se si regasindu-se pe sine. lacune de memorie si pierderea sinelui. Dintr-o data, sentinta vietii ei normale a fost intrerupta de deschiderea unei paranteze care s-ar putea sa nu se inchida niciodata.