About the Author:
DAVID SMALL's first work for adults, Stitches, was a #1 New York Times bestseller, a finalist for the National Book Award, and winner of an Alex Award. He is the recipient of the Caldecott Medal, a Christopher Medal, and the E. B. White Award for his work in picture books, which include Imogene's Antlers, The Gardener, and So, You Want to Be President? He and his wife, the writer Sarah Stewart, live in Mendon, Michigan.
Review:
Praise for Home After Dark by David Small:
“Home After Dark is incredibly moving. David Small is among the most masterful storytellers alive today.” —Gene Yang, author of Boxers and Saints
“David Small’s extraordinary new graphic novel, Home After Dark, is the story of Russell, a teenaged boy abandoned first by his mother and then by his father. It’s about Russell’s adolescence but also everyone’s: learning who you can and can’t trust, the complexities of relationships with your peers, and figuring out who you are and the kind of person you want to be. Russell’s struggle to survive and not be crushed by the indifference or cruelty of the world drew me in. The drawings are gorgeous and expressive―Small’s facial expressions alone filled me with awe. A wonderful book and a great follow-up to Stitches.” —Roz Chast, The New Yorker cartoonist
“Home After Dark is a poem-in-pictures, evocative and heart breaking and simple and pure. And I am not sure I will ever recover from it. Think of Lord of the Flies and The Catcher in the Rye joined as one, yet even more painfully honest. This is a haunting work of unfolding surprise. Few words, cinematic pictures, dazzling art.” —Jules Feiffer, author of the best-selling Kill My Mother Trilogy
“As an adolescent, when I read Conroy’s Stop Time, or Weesner’s The Car Thief, or Wolff’s This Boy’s Life, the prose drew rich images of youth before my eyes, and defined me. David Small, in his sparsely written graphic novel, Home After Dark, has ingeniously created the reverse sensation. The silence of his masterful drawings has put words in my mouth―words that recapture the inchoate chaos of youth.” —Jack Gantos, winner of the Newbery Award and author of Hole in My Life
“[David Small is] a master graphic storyteller who has certainly captured male adolescence in 1950s America. Having to think about dodging high school bullies every day sure resonated with me! And Russell’s sexual predicament was handled in a very original way.” —Robert Crumb, author of The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
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