{"product_id":"consumida-spent-a-comic-novel","title":"Consumida \/ Spent: a Comic Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVuelve Alison Bechdel con una novela gr\u0026amp;aacute;fica coral en la que el capitalismo tard\u0026amp;iacute;o, el poliamor, el cambio clim\u0026amp;aacute;tico y la mism\u0026amp;iacute;sima cotidianidad son tambi\u0026amp;eacute;n protagonistas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp;laquo;Dr\u0026amp;aacute;stica, sarc\u0026amp;aacute;stica y fant\u0026amp;aacute;stica\u0026amp;raquo;. \u0026amp;mdash;\u003ci\u003eLA Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eUn libro ocurrente y pol\u0026amp;iacute;tico que cuestiona la realidad mundial y la incertidumbre del ma\u0026amp;ntilde;ana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eLos d\u0026amp;iacute;as de cierta historietista llamada Alison Bechdel transcurren, no tan pl\u0026amp;aacute;cidamente, en la finca rural de Vermont donde vive junto a su pareja, Holly, a cargo de una granja de cabras pigmeas. Frustrada por un mundo que parece dist\u0026amp;oacute;pico, al borde de entrar en guerra y en el que el cambio clim\u0026amp;aacute;tico amenaza con mandarnos al garete, Alison quiere hacer un libro descarnado y honesto que le proporcione a la humanidad las armas para exterminar, de una vez por todas, la avaricia y los privilegios. Quiere acabar con el Capital y abrazar una nueva era con una vida m\u0026amp;aacute;s \u0026amp;eacute;tica.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSin embargo, su necesidad de obtener ingresos, sus propias contradicciones, y tambi\u0026amp;eacute;n las de la nutrida comunidad de amistades que la rodean -reconoceremos, d\u0026amp;eacute;cadas despu\u0026amp;eacute;s, a varios personajes de \u003ci\u003eUnas lesbianas de cuidado\u003c\/i\u003e- le plantear\u0026amp;aacute;n m\u0026amp;aacute;s de un desaf\u0026amp;iacute;o en su misi\u0026amp;oacute;n. Por no hablar del eclipsante \u0026amp;eacute;xito de los v\u0026amp;iacute;deos virales que realiza Holly sobre la vida en el campo, o de la llegada a la granja de una veterinaria buenorra, o de la inc\u0026amp;oacute;moda relaci\u0026amp;oacute;n que tiene Alison con su hermana, furibunda enemiga de todo lo que suene a woke, o de las jaquecas que le provoca la adaptaci\u0026amp;oacute;n televisiva de su libro m\u0026amp;aacute;s exitoso, en la que el respeto por la obra original brilla por su ausencia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp;iquest;Lograr\u0026amp;aacute; salvar el mundo? \u0026amp;iquest;Conseguir\u0026amp;aacute; salvar quiz\u0026amp;aacute; su comunidad? \u0026amp;iquest;Salvar\u0026amp;aacute; al menos su relaci\u0026amp;oacute;n de pareja? Lo que es seguro es que, como asegura el \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u0026amp;laquo;nadie lo hace mejor\u0026amp;raquo; que la Alison Bechdel real.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe celebrated and beloved \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the modern classic \u003ci\u003eFun Home\u003c\/i\u003e presents a laugh-out-loud, brilliant, and passionately political work of autofiction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;ldquo;Truthful, rueful and delightful.\u0026amp;rdquo;\u0026amp;mdash;\u003ci\u003eLA Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Alison Bechdel\u0026amp;rsquo;s hilariously skewering and gloriously cast new comic novel confection, a cartoonist named Alison Bechdel, running a pygmy goat sanctuary in Vermont, is existentially irked by a climate-challenged world and a citizenry on the brink of civil war. She wonders: Can she pull humanity out of its death spiral by writing a scathingly self-critical memoir about her own greed and privilege?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, Alison\u0026amp;rsquo;s first graphic memoir about growing up with her father, a taxidermist who specialized in replicas of Victorian animal displays, has been adapted into a highly successful TV series. It\u0026amp;rsquo;s a phenomenon that makes Alison, formerly on the cultural margins, the envy of her friend group (recognizable as characters, now middle-aged and living communally in Vermont, from Bechdel\u0026amp;rsquo;s beloved comic strip \u003ci\u003eDykes to Watch Out For\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the TV show \u003ci\u003eDeath and Taxidermy\u003c\/i\u003e racks up Emmy after Emmy\u0026amp;mdash;and when Alison\u0026amp;rsquo;s Pauline Bunyanesque partner Holly posts an instructional wood-chopping video that goes viral\u0026amp;mdash;Alison\u0026amp;rsquo;s own envy spirals. Why couldn\u0026amp;rsquo;t \u003ci\u003eshe\u003c\/i\u003e be the writer for a critically lauded and wildly popular reality TV show\u0026amp;hellip;like \u003ci\u003eQueer Eye\u003c\/i\u003e...showing people how to free themselves from consumer capitalism and live a more ethical life?!!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpent\u003c\/i\u003e\u0026amp;rsquo;s rollicking and masterful denouement\u0026amp;mdash;making the case for seizing what\u0026amp;rsquo;s true about life in the world at this moment, before it\u0026amp;rsquo;s too late\u0026amp;mdash;once again proves that \u0026amp;ldquo;nobody does it better\u0026amp;rdquo; (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) than the real Alison Bechdel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRH Grupo Editorial","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback","offer_id":49738771169507,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9788419940865","price":210.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/4c771374b4aa-9788419940865.jpg?v=1789547298","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/products\/consumida-spent-a-comic-novel","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}