Product ID: 245697

Publication Date: 2008-04-10
Author(s):Tom McCarthy
Binding: Paperback
Number of Pages: 224
Publisher: Counterpoint
ISBN: 1582434050
ISBN13: 9781582434056

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SKU	1582434050
Weight	0.18 Kgs
Price:	HK$128.00

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Arguing that the Tintin books' characters are as strong and their plots as complex as any dreamed up by the great novelists, Tom McCarthy asks a simple question: Is Tintin literature? Taking a cue from Tintin himself â€” who spends much of his time tracking down illicit radio signals, entering crypts, and decoding puzzles â€” McCarthy suggests that we too need to â€œtune inâ€ and decode if we want to capture what's going on in HergÃ©'s extraordinarily popular work. What emerges from McCarthy's examination of Tintin is a remarkable story of illegitimacy and deceit, in both HergÃ©'s work and his own family history. McCarthy's irresistibly clever, tightly constructed book shows how the themes Tintin generates â€” expulsion from home, violation of the sacred, the host-guest relationship turned sour, and anxieties around questions of forgery and fakes â€” are the same that have fueled and troubled writers from the classical era to the present day.

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