Pretending Is Lying - Sophie Yanow

Now In Paperback, A Tender, Affectingrdquo; ( Nytbr ) Memoir Unlike Any Other, And The First Book To Appear In English By The Acclaimed Belgian Artist Dominique Goblet. In A Series Of Dazzling Fragmentsmdash;skipping Through Time, And From Raw, Slashing Color To Delicate Black-and-whitemdash;dominique Goblet Examines The Most Important Relationships In Her Life: With Her Partner, Guy Marc; With Her Daughter, Nikita; And With Her Parents. The Result Is An Unnerving Comedy Of Paternal Dysfunction, An Achingly Ambivalent Love Story (with Asides On Thomas Pynchon And The Beach Boys), And A Searing Account Of Childhood Traumamdash;a Dizzying, Unforgettable View Of A Life In Progress And A Tour De Force Of The Art Of Comics.