{"product_id":"the-house-that-groaned","title":"The House that Groaned","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fransman, Karrie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Square Peg\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 20-02-2012\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description      \u003cbr\u003e\nThe House That Groaned is a graphic novel that explores bodies and the spaces they inhabit. \u003cbr\u003e\nIt is set in an old Victorian tenement housing six lonely individuals who could only have stepped out of the pages of a comic book. There is the retoucher who cannot touch, a grandmother who literally blends into the background and a twenty-something bloke who's sexually attracted to diseased women. \u003cbr\u003e\nYet, as we learn the stories behind these extreme characters, it becomes apparent that we may share simlar issues - as individuals and as a society.\u003cbr\u003e\n      Review      \u003cbr\u003e\nIn a world where people know ever less about their neighbours, this graphic novel is both a fantasy…and a cautionary tale. Anyone who has ever lain in bed at night listening to the sound of unknown voices on the other side of the cardboard wall will relish the way she lets her imagination off its leash…funny…beautiful looking…this book might almost be alive -- Rachel Cooke ―\u003cbr\u003e\nObserver, Graphic Novel of the Month\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAn enjoyable tale, dark but full of energy, fascinated by the private lives and perversity that bulge beneath suburbia's facade -- James Smart ―\u003cbr\u003e\nGuardian\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA damn fine book; hugely, spectacularly impressive ―\u003cbr\u003e\nForbiddenPlanet.co.uk\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nKarrie Fransmen breaks all the rules of storytelling accumulated over the past thousands of years. She creates a confusion at first, then bursts into the obvious and simplest fact; that all the stories of and in our lives are personal and private.... The only way this wonderful book could have been written is by illustration...not by word... rather like the hidden stories drawn on the walls of caves -- Nicolas Roeg, director of Don't Look Now and Walkabout\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFransman's dual background as a psychology and sociology student and a creative advertiser helps underpin her skills at both characterisation and communication… By its melodramatic finales,\u003cbr\u003e\nThe House That Groaned acknowledges some scars that miss their chance to heal, but also gives us a kind of happy ending for two tenants -- Paul Gravett ―\u003cbr\u003e\nIndependent\u003cbr\u003e\n      About the Author      \u003cbr\u003e\nKarrie Fransman studied Psychology and Sociology at university and began writing her first graphic stories after reading Ghost World. She’s created comics for the Guardian, The Times, the Telegraph, New Statesman, Time Out and Psychologies Magazine. Her first book, The House that Groaned, was published by Square Peg in 2012. www.karriefransman.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780224086813\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.2 x 6.8 x 0.8 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Square Peg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50123647484208,"sku":"Trans_9780224086813","price":1274.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/91lGBiZ-eKL.jpg?v=1757337902","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/the-house-that-groaned","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}