The Gull Yettin

Name: The Gull Yettin
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781681377391
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By Joe Kessler

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Summary

The Gull Yettin is an entirely wordless graphic novel depicting the life of an orphaned boy whose fate is shaped by a fantastical, shapeshifting Gull. After the boy’s home burns down, the Gull rescues him and guides him through an uncertain future aboard a boat. Through vivid colours and loose, confident lines, artist Joe Kessler explores themes of grief, jealousy, longing, love, compassion, and cruelty in a strange yet recognisable world, creating a folktale-like narrative full of warmth and poignancy.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This book will appeal to readers who appreciate innovative, wordless storytelling in graphic novels and those interested in emotionally rich narratives conveyed through imagery alone. Fans of contemporary European comics and those open to experimental visual art will find The Gull Yettin especially rewarding.

Description

The life of an orphaned boy is shaped by the devotion of a fantastical Gull in this lovingly rendered, entirely wordless graphic novel by a contemporary comics innovator.

Joe Kessler is at the forefront of European comics. Co-founder and art director of the UK's Breakdown Press, and winner of the Angoulême International Comics Festival's Fauve Révélation for his breakthrough comic book Windowpane, Kessler rejuvenates the form once again with his vivid and moving The Gull Yettin.

Told in striking colours and loose but confident lines, The Gull Yettin's story begins when a young boy awakens late one night to find his home on fire. The boy is saved by a lanky, shapeshifting Gull. Orphaned by the fire, and now adrift in a boat piloted by the Gull, the boy faces an uncertain future, one that will be both helped and hindered by his new attendant.

Without a word, Kessler builds a strange but recognisable world, using it to explore all the forms that grief, jealousy, longing, and love can take in our lives, and the compassion and cruelty that can dwell in a single heart. Filled with all the warmth and poignancy of a great folktale, The Gull Yettin proves that Kessler is pushing comics to new heights.

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Jacob Brogan of The Washington Post praises the graphic novel's unconventional art style, describing it as an "alien artifact" that expresses an act of love through its depiction of human connection. Séamas O'Reilly highlights Kessler's near-subliminal storytelling, noting how the wordless format initially baffles but ultimately mesmerises, creating a compelling and immersive experience that invites multiple readings.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781681377391

Publisher: New York Review Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 May 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: New York Review Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 196

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About the Author

Joe Kessler is a cartoonist and co-founder and art director at Breakdown Press, a London-based comics publisher. His book Windowpane won the Angoulame International Comics Festival Prize for First Comic Book in 2020.