On sale date: October 15, 2024
Internationally acclaimed graphic novelist Olivier Schrauwen returns with a masterfully funny and profound day in the life narrative.
Best Graphic Novels of 2024, The New York Times
Best Graphic Novels of 2024, Washington Post
Best Graphic Novels of 2024, The Guardian
Sunday follows, over the course of one day, the stream of consciousness of a fictionalized version of the author's cousin, Thibault. On the day of his girlfriend's return from an extended trip, Thibault wakes up, does nothing, gets James Brown stuck in his head, drinks and smokes, grows paranoid about his relationship, struggles to compose text messages, and watches The Da Vinci Code, all the while avoiding anyone and everyone, descending deeper into his own thoughts and fears. Meanwhile, a former crush and another cousin of Thibault's plan a surprise birthday for him, sending the external and internal on a collision course.
Schrauwen's brilliant comic timing and formal mastery transcends the quotidian nature of the plot. Through use of color, flashback and the dissonance between text and image, the ways in which Schrauwen layers a depiction of human consciousness as lines on paper are infused heavily with slapstick and white-knuckle tension and make for an exhilarating read and breathtaking use of the comics medium.
Praise
"In [Schrauwen's] hands, comics — like great art or literature — give us a window into another person's mind, and even petty and tedious ruminations can appear magical and strangely beautiful." — The New Yorker
"Schrauwen's vast graphic novel plumbs the depths of slapstick humor and scales dizzying philosophical heights." — The New York Times
"A bored everyman does battle with the colossal enemy that is a dull Sunday in this epic mock-Proustian graphic novel from Belgian artist Schrauwen. ... [A] surprisingly touching and life-affirming portrait of indolence." — Publishers Weekly Starred Review
"A warts-and-all wonder about the joy and anxiety that can accompany doing nothing in particular." — The Guardian
"Awash in a surreal color palette, Sunday may be the most original and exciting graphic novel of the last decade. ... a surprisingly winning, witty read — often funny and always fun." — The Washington Post
Specs
- Pages
- 474
- Format
- Paperback / Softback
- Color
- Full color.
- Dimensions
- 7.9" × 10.1"
- ISBN-13
- 9781683969679