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pluralstories2022-07-27 02:59 pm
lb_lee) wrote in pluralstories2022-07-27 02:59 pm
Entry tags:
- 1+:abuse:high-focus,
- 1+:people:copies,
- 1+:people:imaginary friends,
- 1+:people:nonhumans,
- 1+:people:the dead,
- 1+:visions,
- audience:teens,
- genre:contemporary,
- language:deutsche,
- language:español,
- language:française,
- language:italiano,
- language:nederlands,
- language:polski,
- length:medium,
- medium:comics,
- time:1990s
The Tale of One Bad Rat, by Bryan Talbot (drama comic, 1994)
“I... we... we're so fragile... so unlikely... so precious. ...eh, rat?”
Blurb: An abused teenager with a synchronistic link to Beatrix Potter, runs away from her London home, accompanied by her pet rat, who later becomes an imaginary friend who stays with her the entire book. With the help of her rat, her art, the works of Beatrix Potter, she does her best to survive and find a better life for herself.
Why is it worth your time?: It's really good. Both art and story are intricate and well-crafted; we have reread this book countless times and still find little visual details and motifs that we hadn't noticed before. It rewards rereads. This book has apparently been used with abused teens in the decades since it's been out, with good effect. There's a reason it won multiple awards.
Plural Tags: imaginary friends, nonswitching, introjects, abuse high-focus, nonhumans [rat]
Content Warnings: In comments below; contains spoilers.
Accessibility Notes: Available on paper, ebook, and in many languages, including French, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, and Polish I think.
Blurb: An abused teenager with a synchronistic link to Beatrix Potter, runs away from her London home, accompanied by her pet rat, who later becomes an imaginary friend who stays with her the entire book. With the help of her rat, her art, the works of Beatrix Potter, she does her best to survive and find a better life for herself.
Why is it worth your time?: It's really good. Both art and story are intricate and well-crafted; we have reread this book countless times and still find little visual details and motifs that we hadn't noticed before. It rewards rereads. This book has apparently been used with abused teens in the decades since it's been out, with good effect. There's a reason it won multiple awards.
Plural Tags: imaginary friends, nonswitching, introjects, abuse high-focus, nonhumans [rat]
Content Warnings: In comments below; contains spoilers.
Accessibility Notes: Available on paper, ebook, and in many languages, including French, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, and Polish I think.