Asterios Polyp

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Yet, despite such predisposition, maybe one person's construction of the world, could influence someone else's. Mazzucchelli has populated this book with a varied cast: narcissistic (and often insufferable) egomaniacs; a neglected beauty taken mostly for granted; a plain, hard-workin’ mechanic who drops many a Norm Crosbyesque malopropism and many more. It seems like Asterio's problems with putting things into tidy either/or boxes is also an extension of David Mazzucchelli's same impulse. It's a testimony to Mazzucchelli's skills that by the end of Polyp's odyssey, the arrogant academic has been rendered a tragic and sympathetic figure deserving of the tale's (possibly) happy ending. Caso não acredite em mim, procure pelo nome do Scott McCloud e desta obra, há um artigo em que ele discorre sobre as diversas camadas presentes nesta obra.

The book has sold over 40,000 copies since its publication in July 2009; it is now in its sixth printing. With "Asterios Polyp," Mazzucchelli has put paid to that charge: It's funny, it's warm and it's beautiful. In Asterios Polyp—the best of the summer’s new releases—Mazzucchelli employs spotlights, coloring schemes, knitting, Aristophanes, an identical twin who died at birth and the wide array of secretions from a woman’s body to lead us into the self-centered world of the title character even as the center implodes…. A sprawling work about the life and loves of a middle-aged, philandering architect who loses everything in a fire. And yes, I understand that this review is more or less doing the same thing - isn't this supposed to be about a book?I know this is sounding harsh, but it really isn't if you read this without expecting to care much for the characters, but only to be stimulated by the visual representation of ideas.

Asterios and Hana are one of the most fascinating and real couples I've ever encountered in fiction. E' ossessionato da una visione assolutamente dicotomica delle cose, che vengono viste sempre e comunque come distinte e in contrapposizione: marito e moglie, maschile e femminile, astratto e concreto, reale e ideale, architettura teorica verso quella creata, linea e forma, solido e liquido, presente e passato. His ex-wife, Hana, is a quiet, humble sculptor - clearly going for the whole "opposites attract" thing. As the story unfolds, moving between the present and the past, we begin to understand this confounding yet fascinating character, and how hes gotten to where he is. Which makes sense, as duality is the main theme of the book, of which their relationship is only one particular example.Es un hombre cínico, egocéntrico, esnob, práctico y materialista que no da importancia a lo que tiene. Hana finally has enough and yells at Asterios, asking him how come he never says anything to this perv. A perfectionist even in the smallest things, Asterios applies this to even the banal as he holds up his favorite type of shoe and declares it a perfect example of "shoeness. Rather than merely have the graphic element supplement the story, Asterios Polyp makes graphics a part of the theme, using it to highlight conflicts and characterize its protagonists.