Baking with Kafka
Baking with Kafka
hardback
Published:
7 September, 2017
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Description
2018 EISNER AWARD-WINNER - BEST HUMOUR PUBLICATION
In Baking with Kafka, Tom Gauld asks the questions no one else dares ask about civilisation as we know it.
- How do you get published during a skeleton apocalypse?
- What was the secret of Kafka's lemon drizzle cake?
- And what plot possibilities does the exploding e-cigarette offer modern mystery writers?
A riotous collection of laugh-out-loud cartoons in his signature style, Baking with Kafka reaffirms Gauld's position as a first-rate cartoonist, creating work infused with a deep understanding of both literary and cartoon history.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781786891501 |
| ISBN10 | 1786891506 |
| Number Of Pages | 160 |
| Item Weight | 470 g |
| Product Dimensions | 211 x 157 x 18 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Canongate Books |
| Format | hardback |
| Edition | Main |
Media Reviews
A collection of brilliantly off-the-wall cartoons. Ever wondered what War and Peace clickbait looks like? Or Machiavelli's month planner? Gauld can help * * Daily Mail, Best Reads of 2017 * *
Tom Gauld might just be the Edward Gorey of our time, channelling his wry humour and macabre aesthetic through exquisite black-and-white illustrations -- MARIA POPOVA
Each single-page piece is a clever, funny, slightly bonkers riff on a literary theme . . . Sublime * * The Times * *
One of the best cartoonists around! * * BoingBoing * *
Praise for the works of Tom Gauld: Heartwarming * * Guardian * *
At once hilarious and achingly melancholy . . . A quietly essential read * * Wired * *
His economical art . . . is married to dry, incisive humor, making each strip a carefully composed marvel * * Publishers Weekly * *
The ironic takes on key moments in history and literature (Armstrong on the moon, Cathy and Heathcliff wandering the moor) will certainly elicit a few laughs * * Vogue * *
Gauld's deceptively simple panels and sparse, understated dialogue speak poetically . . . Gauld finds humour and hope - as well as coffee and doughnuts - in his portrait of a fading utopia * * Guardian * *
Precise and wryly hilarious * * NPR, Best Books of 2013 * *
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Author's Bio
Tom Gauld was born in 1976 and grew up in Aberdeenshire. He is a cartoonist and illustrator and his work is regularly published in the Guardian, the New York Times, and New Scientist. He is the author of three more comic books, Goliath; You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack and Mooncop, a New York Times bestseller. He lives in London with his family.
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