{"product_id":"epileptic-pantheon-graphic-library","title":"Epileptic (Pantheon Graphic Library)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom one of Europe’s most important and innovative comics artists comes his greatest masterpiece—a stunning and emotionally resonant autobiography about growing up with an epileptic brother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEpileptic gathers together and makes available in English for the first time all six volumes of the internationally acclaimed graphic work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDavid B. was born Pierre-François Beauchard in a small town near Orléans, France. He spent an idyllic early childhood playing with the neighborhood kids and, along with his older brother, Jean-Christophe, ganging up on his little sister, Florence. But their lives changed abruptly when Jean-Christophe was struck with epilepsy at age eleven. In search of a cure, their parents dragged the family to acupuncturists and magnetic therapists, to mediums and macrobiotic communes. But every new cure ended in disappointment as Jean-Christophe, after brief periods of remission, would only get worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAngry at his brother for abandoning him and at all the quacks who offered them false hope, Pierre-François learned to cope by drawing fantastically elaborate battle scenes, creating images that provide a fascinating window into his interior life. An honest and horrifying portrait of the disease and of the pain and fear it sowed in the family, Epileptic is also a moving depiction of one family’s intricate history. Through flashbacks, we are introduced to the stories of Pierre-François’s grandparents and we relive his grandfathers’ experiences in both World Wars. We follow Pierre-François through his childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, all the while charting his complicated relationship with his brother and Jean-Christophe”s losing battle with epilepsy. Illustrated with beautiful and striking black-and-white images, Epileptic is as astonishing, intimate, and heartbreaking as the best literary memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pantheon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48835374973173,"sku":"Prep-GR-0375714685","price":14.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/71-hyXbpCXL.jpg?v=1789049892","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/epileptic-pantheon-graphic-library","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}