Cormorance (UK)

A girl, a boy and a deserted reservoir. Cormorance is a story of fear, bravery and the redemptive force of connecting with the natural world. A wordless, purely visual story, it is - like any work by the award-winning Nick Hayes - a book of the utmost beauty, and a wonder to hold in your hand.

Publisher Marketing: Nick Hayes is the author of The Rime of the Modern Mariner , an updating of Coleridge's famous poem, and the visual biography Woody Guthrie and the Dust Bowl Ballads . He has also published two collections of his short comics, Lovely Grey Day and 11 Folk Songs . He is the founding editor of Meat magazine, a periodical showcasing new writing, comics, and illustration, and has won two Guardian Media awards. Brief Description : "A girl, a boy, and a deserted reservoir. [This book] is a story of fear, bravery, and the redemptive force of connecting with the natural world"--Amazon.com. Review Quotes : "This beautiful book is a reminder that hope can nest in unexpected surroundings." --James Smart, Guardian Review Quotes : "[The] master of the long-form comics . . . This is a picture book of an odd and eerie beauty." -- National Geographic Traveler Review Quotes : "[It] makes an eloquent case for what comics can say by refusing to say anything, at least with language . . . Obviously beautiful . . . The story is elegantly expressed by the form . . . I can't think of many non-graphic novels published this year that match the emotional force and formal deftness of [ Cormorance ]." --James Kidd, Literary Review Review Quotes : "Fantastic . . . A bereavement for a child must be utterly devastating, confusing and forever haunting, and I think Nick approaches this subject in a very clever and thoughtful way . . . The momentum pulls you through the narrative, leading you to fantastic pull-out spreads of natural wonder." --Matt Sewell, Birdwatch Publisher Marketing :

Format: Hardcover | Pages: 184 | Publication Date: 2018-05-01