An account in words and pictures gloeckner, phoebe on. It is notable for its hybrid form, composed of both prose and comics passages, each contributing to the narrative. Phoebe gloeckner s comics first appeared in underground publications when she was in her teens. The recipient of an inkpot award 2000 and a guggenheim fellowship 2008, gloeckner. Phoebe gloeckners comics first appeared in underground publications when she was in her teens. An account in words and pictures is a diaristic graphic novel by author and artist phoebe gloeckner. The story is told by its protagonist minnie goetze, a 15. Her book, the diary of a teenage girl 2002, was praised as one of the most brutally honest, shocking, tender. Studies ebooks, czechs in sudetenland, and infrastructure planning. The diary of a teenage girl phoebe gloeckner x marielle heller x.
The diary of a teenage girl, revised edition by phoebe gloeckner. In this emotional sequel to diary of a teena ge girl, caitlin oconner faces new saturday, october 22. The diary of a teenage girl 300 pgs, hardcover and paper, frog ltd. First released in 2002, this provocative, critically acclaimed novel is now a major motion picture starring bel powley, kristen wiig, and. An unflinching coming of age story of a young girls experiences with sex, drugs, and neglect, in 1970s san francisco. The work of phoebe gloeckner, cartoon art museum, san francisco. The diary of a teenage girl phoebe gloeckner download. Phoebe gloeckners diary of a teenage girl is an account in words and pictures of minnie, a fifteenyearold who is having an affair with monroe, a 35yearold man who is also her mothers lover. An unflinching coming of age story of a young girls experiences with sex, drugs, and neglect, in 1970s san francisco, diary of a teenage girl. This edition has been updated by the author with an introduction reflecting on the books critical reception and value as diary or novel, historical document or work of art. Phoebe louise adams gloeckner born december 22, 1960, is an american cartoonist. The diary of a teenage girl offers a searing comment on adult society as seen though the eyes of a young woman on the verge of joining it. Phoebe gloeckners 2002 graphic novel, the diary of a teenage girl, began in her own confused adolescence. She is the author of the critically acclaimed works a childs life and other stories and the diary of a teena ge girl, as well as the illustrator of the annotated edition of j.
Phoebe gloeckner illustrator of the atrocity exhibition. First published in 2002, the book has been called autobiography or semiautobiography. Phoebe gloeckner is the author of the diary of a teenage girl 3. What makes this story so different from other child abuse memoirs is that not once in the book does young minnie or anyone claim she was coerced, abused, molested or raped. She is the author of the critically acclaimed works a. She is the author of the critically acclaimed works a childs life and other stories and the diary of a teenage girl, as well as the illustrator of the annotated edition of j. Readings of selected passages from gloeckners two books a childs life and the diary of a teenage girl illustrate how her use of the comics.
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