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American Splendor

Paperback • 2003 • English

American Splendor

By Harvey Pekar

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About the book

The classic collection of the comics that inspired the movie American Splendor, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival American Splendor is the world's first literary comic book. Cleveland native Harvey Pekar is a true American original. A V.A. hospital file clerk and comic book writer, Harvey chronicles the ordinary and mundane in stories both funny and touching. His dead-on eye for the frustrations and minutiae of the workaday world mix in a delicate balance wit...Show more

Classic fiction: general and literary
American style / tradition comic books
Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Modern and contemporary fiction / literature

Book details

ISBN

9780345468307

Publisher

Ballantine Books Inc.

Published year

2003

Language

English

Original title

American Splendor

Format

Paperback

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