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| Original Title: | Sailor Twain: Or: The Mermaid in the Hudson |
| ISBN: | 1596436360 (ISBN13: 9781596436367) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Hudson River, New York,1887(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Nominee for Best Graphic Album—Reprint (2013) |
Mark Siegel
Hardcover | Pages: 399 pages Rating: 3.71 | 3549 Users | 541 Reviews
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One hundred years ago. On the foggy Hudson River, a riverboat captain rescues an injured mermaid from the waters of the busiest port in the United States. A wildly popular—and notoriously reclusive—author makes a public debut. A French nobleman seeks a remedy for a curse. As three lives twine together and race to an unexpected collision, the mystery of the Mermaid of the Hudson deepens. A mysterious and beguiling love story with elements of Poe, Twain, Hemingway, and Greek mythology, drawn in moody black-and-white charcoal, Sailor Twain is a study in romance, atmosphere, and suspense.
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| Title | : | Sailor Twain: Or: The Mermaid in the Hudson |
| Author | : | Mark Siegel |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 399 pages |
| Published | : | October 2nd 2012 by First Second (first published September 27th 2011) |
| Categories | : | Sequential Art. Graphic Novels. Fantasy. Comics. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Adult |
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Ratings: 3.71 From 3549 Users | 541 ReviewsCrit Out Of Books Sailor Twain: Or: The Mermaid in the Hudson
This was a joy to read. I loved that so much of it took place around where I live. There will be no spoilers coming from me. The artwork is all charcoal or pencil which fits in well with steamboats and sooty New York in the mid-1800's. There is also a little sex and nudity so don't hand this to some kid before you read it yourself. As a big fairy tales and legends fan I enjoyed the use of both as story elements. It must have been a lot of fun doing research on this book. I recommend this bookI followed this as a web serial as it was coming out. I'm so glad to see it released in book form. I loved the attention to period detail, the deft way the supernatural/magical elements are woven into the narrative, and the twisting, turning storyline.
A story set on a riverboat. The art is in black and white. The author put lots of time and love into his creation. It is very misty and mysterious. The art fits the tone of the story. There is a mermaid in the story. The thing about this story that is the most real regarding a mermaid is her hair isn't draped constantly over her breasts. She is bear chest anytime you see her. That is how it would be, I doubt mermaids would be so modest. So, there are a lot of breasts in this story.It is also
Toothless and tamed. Declawed and domesticated. Over time, the old legends evolve from being terrible and terrifying to existing as pacified gentilities. As the world is industrialized (and more, technologized), our fear of the fantastic is replaced by something more civilized. We've traded the savage for the banal. And certainly, some of us prefer the latter to the former. Because fearing fantasies is distasteful to a society that is smarter than that, we make our monsters into men and our men
I received a free Advanced Reader Copy of this book from the publisher.Sailor Twain compiles a serialized webcomic written and illustrated by Mark Siegel. In hardcover, the book is rather daunting in thickness at 399 pages, but it's a very fast read as it's a graphic novel. Most pages feature little text. The blurbs show an impressive array of positive remarks from notables such as John Irving, Pete Hamill, Rachel Maddow, and Robin McKinley.Since it is a graphic novel, there are several aspects
This is only the second authentic graphic novel I have read and this time I understand the appeal of the genre. I liked Sailor Twain for the story itself, the artwork, the feel of the book, all the lovely details that went into this volume. This was the first time I could see how drawings add extra dimensions to the narration, sometimes become the narration. I want to go back to the beginning and start all over again, just for the fun of looking for details I may have missed!But meanwhile, what
I liked the art a lot. The misty, creepy hudson river, the steamboat, the 1800s - it was a lovely setting. The women in this book are really pretty. Unfortunately, that's about all they are - either pretty and sexy/fuckable or pretty and evil/monstrous. I liked the mermaid mythology because mermaids were awesome, of course. Unfortunately, I did not like the storytelling and this book was unsalvageable for me. The mythology was never as in-depth as I wanted it. I kind of hated all the characters.
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