{"title":"David Small","description":"\u003cp\u003eDavid Small's graphic novels offer a compelling blend of autobiographical depth and imaginative storytelling. His work often explores complex emotions and personal journeys, rendered with expressive illustrations that bring each narrative vividly to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom intimate memoirs like \u003cem\u003eStitches\u003c\/em\u003e to atmospheric tales such as \u003cem\u003eThe Werewolf at Dusk: And Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, readers can expect richly textured stories that balance darkness and hope with striking visual artistry.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-werewolf-at-dusk-and-other-stories-by-david-small-9781324092827","title":"The Werewolf at Dusk: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong celebrated as a modern master of graphic literature, David Small has elicited in his work comparisons to Stan Lee and even Alfred Hitchcock. His internationally acclaimed graphic memoir, \u003cem\u003eStitches\u003c\/em\u003e, told the story of a childhood in disarray. \u003cem\u003eThe Werewolf at Dusk\u003c\/em\u003e, appearing nearly fifteen years later, turns its attention to the twilight of life and to ageing, gracefully or otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEerily striking and mesmerising, the three stories in this collection are linked, as Small writes, by the dread of things internal. In the title story, an adaptation of Lincoln Michel's classic short piece, the dread is that of a man who has reached senility with something repellent in his nature. He—an impotent werewolf, no longer able to hunt—confronts the terror of obsolescence. \"What do I even look like now,\" he wonders, \"when the full moon draws out the wolf inside me?\" The spectre of old age also haunts the semi-autobiographical story \"A Walk in the Old City.\" Brain matter cascades, and spiders loom as a psychoanalyst, self-assured in his practice, wanders along empty streets, reality warping into the irrational with the insouciance of a dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the final story, a reinterpretation of Jean Ferry's \"The Tiger in Vogue,\" this dreamscape gives way to the ominous environs of Berlin in the 1920s. When a peaceful evening at the music hall is interrupted by a garish surprise act, only the protagonist seems to notice. Yet he, too, is transfixed by the performance, watching as a little man with a moustache, pale skin, and tired eyes wills a tiger into submission. With its sharp lines and vibrant blues and oranges, the artwork recalls Edvard Munch's anguished \u003cem\u003eThe Scream\u003c\/em\u003e, likewise capturing the moment—the dread—before disaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs fluid as Japanese manga and rife with unsettling imagery, \u003cem\u003eThe Werewolf at Dusk\u003c\/em\u003e is a testament to the singular dark genius of David Small.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47363210608876,"sku":"9781324092827","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11612663482659.jpg?v=1772918581"},{"product_id":"stitches-by-david-small-9780393338966","title":"Stitches","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Small, a best-selling and highly regarded children's book illustrator, comes forward with this unflinching graphic memoir. Remarkable and intensely dramatic, \u003cem\u003eStitches\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of a fourteen-year-old boy who awakes one day from a supposedly harmless operation to discover that he has been transformed into a virtual mute—a vocal cord removed, his throat slashed and stitched together like a bloody boot. From horror to hope, Small proceeds to graphically portray an almost unbelievable descent into adolescent hell and the difficult road to physical, emotional, and artistic recovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA National Book Award finalist; winner of the ALA's Alex Award; a #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e graphic bestseller; \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e Top Ten Books of the Year, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e Favourite Book, ALA Great Graphic Novels, \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e Editors Choice Award, Huffington Post Great Books of 2009, \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e Best of 2009, \u003cem\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/em\u003e Best Graphic Novel, finalist for two 2010 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (Best Writer\/Artist: Nonfiction; Best Reality-Based Work).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471622258924,"sku":"9780393338966","price":51.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780393338966-stitches.jpg?v=1775248163"},{"product_id":"home-after-dark-by-david-small-9781631496271","title":"Home After Dark","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince the publication of \u003ci\u003eStitches\u003c\/i\u003e a decade ago, David Small has emerged as one of the seminal authors in the genre of graphic literature. Here, in \u003ci\u003eHome After Dark\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2018, Small provides a “painfully honest” and “haunting work of unfolding surprise” (Jules Feiffer) that renders the brutality of adolescence in the 1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough “gorgeous and expressive drawings” (Roz Chast), Small “recaptures the inchoate chaos of youth” (Jack Gantos), telling the story of thirteen-year-old Russell Pruitt, who, abandoned by his mother, follows his father to the sun-splashed land of California in search of a dream. Suddenly forced to fend for himself, Russell struggles to survive in Marshfield, a dilapidated town haunted by a sadistic animal killer and a ring of malicious boys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEerily foreboding yet filled with uncanny psychological insights and stray glimmers of hope, \u003ci\u003eHome After Dark\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Small’s place as a modern master of graphic fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596588859628,"sku":"9781631496271","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781631496271-home-after-dark.jpg?v=1777931759"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/david-small.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}