13.Nov.2008 The Three Incestuous Sisters by Audrey Niffenegger
A weird story about three sisters (that are not incestuous). The youngest one falls in love with a man, while the oldest is wickedly jealous. The middle one has her own problems in her little world (which I didn’t really get) and she can communicate with the baby in her sister’s womb. It continues further to man with half-baked wings. Weird.
The Three Incestuous Sisters is a coffee book table type, heavy, big, with whole page illustration for every page with a little text on the other side of the page.
Niffenegger called the book visual novel, to separate it with graphic novel, which I fail to see the difference. I found it at the fiction side of the library though, not comics or graphic novels (they are put together). She used Aquatints to create the images, which process I also fail to understand. I just know it’s hard and needs a lot of work (doh).
It’s interesting that a 14 years of work can be savored in under 14 minutes. The fans of the art style may want to keep the book for keepsake, to be enjoyed again occasionally, to decorate your coffee table. For myself, I’m happy enough to just read it in the library.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
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