Cormorance

Nick Hayes author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:20th Oct '16

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A beguiling wordless fable, and a hymn to the natural world - from one of the finest British graphic novelists at work today.

A girl, a boy and a deserted reservoir.

Cormorance is a story of fear, bravery and the redemptive force of connecting with the natural world. A wordless, purely visual story, it is – like any work by the award-winning Nick Hayes – a book of the utmost beauty, and a wonder to hold in your hand.

This is the story of a girl and a boy and a lake. The girl wants only to impress her mother, and finds the perfect challenge to prove herself. The boy suffers a tragedy, becomes fixated with a lost memento and makes it his mission to find it. The water is where, one day, the two will meet. Cormorance is a story of an accidental encounter, an unbreakable bond, and the redemptive force of connecting with the natural world. A wordless, purely visual story, it is - like any work by the award-winning Nick Hayes - a book of the utmost beauty, and a wonder to hold in your h

This beautiful book is a reminder that hope can nest in unexpected surroundings. -- James Smart * Guardian *
[The] master of the long-form comics… This is a picture book of an odd and eerie beauty. * National Geographic Traveler *
[It] makes an eloquent case for what comics can say by refusing to say anything, at least with language… Obviously beautiful… The story is elegantly expressed by the form… I can’t think of many non-graphic novels published this year that match the emotional force and formal deftness of [Cormorance]. -- James Kidd * Literary Review *
Fantastic… A bereavement for a child must be utterly devastating, confusing and forever haunting, and I think Nick approaches this subject in a very clever and thoughtful way… The momentum pulls you through the narrative, leading you to fantastic pull-out spreads of natural wonder. -- Matt Sewell * Birdwatch *

ISBN: 9781910702055

Dimensions: 293mm x 195mm x 26mm

Weight: 1015g

184 pages