Blood of the virgin

Author

Sammy Harkham

Call Number

• GRAPHIC NOVEL HARK (CEN)

Edition

First American edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Pantheon Books, [2023]

Physical Description

295 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 26 x 20 cm.

Summary

"After fourteen years in the making, renowned and beloved graphic novelist Sammy Harkham finally delivers his epic story of artistic ambition, the heartbreak that it can bring, and what it means to be human. Set in and around 1971 in Los Angeles, Blood of the Virgin follows an immigrant film editor named Seymour who is desperate to make his own movies. But without money or clout, he has no choice but to spend his days slumming it for the worst and most exploitative production company in town. When Seymour is given the chance to make a film of his own, his unbending principles and relentless drive violently clash with an industry that rewards everything but principles and drive. As Seymour's blind ambition pushes the movie along, his home life grows increasingly fraught. Blood of the Virgin uses the film's production as a means to spiral out in time and space to create an epic novel that explores the intersection of parenthood, 20th-century America, sex, the immigrant experience, and the era of grindhouse movies. Like a kaleidoscope, Blood of the Virgin shifts and evolves with each frame, allowing the reader to zoom out and see that at its core, this book is about the making of a man"--

Notes

"Chapters from this book were originally published in Italy in different form as Blood of the Virgin by Oblomov Edizioni, Bologna, in 2018."--Colophon.

"Portions of this book originally appeared, in slightly different form, in Crickets, issues 3 through 8, and in Kramers Ergot, vol. 10."--Colophon.