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Lädt ... 5 is the Perfect Numbervon Igort
   Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.  bluepiano | Dec 20, 2020 |    )1  grandeghi | Apr 7, 2019 | This work is particularly impressive because Igort uses a spare but highly effective drawing style, coupled with superb page designs, to present a narrative that can only function effectively in his chosen medium. This is not a wannbe novel or movie stuck in the graphic novel format - Igort wields the full power of the format like a master. This a wonderful book, and hopefully will help to win Igort more fans in North America, since his talents are clearly indicative of even bigger things to come. (  ) dr_zirk | Jan 15, 2007 | Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Winner of the "book of the year" award in Frankfurt Bookfair 2003 Winner of the Coccobill award as best author 2003 (Milano comics festival Cartoomics) Winner of the special award A.N.A.F.I. 2003 (Associazione Nazionale Amici Fumetto Italiano) Winner of grand prix in Romics comic festival (Rome 2003) Nominated for the best volume 2003 in Angouleme Comics festival Nominated as best artist 2003 in Naples Comics Festival (Comicon) Nominated as best artist 2003 in Milano Comics Festival (Cartoomics) A romanzo straight from the Italian streets where the melancholy dreams of Mafiosi become nightmares. A young hired hitman with a handsome new revolver by his side lies dying in the gray and narrow streets of Naples. His father gave him that gun for his birthday. The gun never fired a shot and now the thief that stole a life has snatched that shining weapon. Peppino Lo Cicero spent his life taking orders from the great dons of Napoli. When his son Nino is killed he puts down the fishing rods of his retirement and picks up his old pistols, looking for revenge. Shots ring out over Peppi's gray head once again as he searches for his son's murderers and the beautiful black revolver he gave to Nino on the last night of his life. The fabric of their lives has always been shot through with violence but as Peppino clings to his quest for vengeance he reconsiders that which has always been precious to him. Spare, romantic and slightly surreal, it is truly a terrible thing for a father to have to bury his son. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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The art is distinctive and it's because of it the story is so darkly atmospheric. The stark flatness, the various perspecitves on a scene, the panels singling out elements irrelevant to the story but important in building the mood are reminiscent of shots in those films noirs showing like this headlights shining on wet streets, a column of smoke, warehouses glimpsed at night from a car window. Having said that, the artwork doesn't altogether appeal to me for some reason--too considered, perhaps?--but nonetheless it's effective.
As for the story, it's standard noir, although some works in the genre evoke or at least allow for a shred or two of sympathy with a characters whereas this doesn't. Standard, again, up to a point: The climax and, even more, the denouement are ridiculously out of keeping with the tone, the characters, the storyline. There's no internal reason for this and there's no external one either, at least no credible one. I'm not nitpicking here: The turn of events is on the order of 'Nymph, in thy orisons be all my sins remembbered. Hey guys, let's party!'.
For all that this to me was a book worth reading and probably worth keeping to oossibly read again one day hoping iit might seem better this time.