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Yvain: The Knight of the Lion

Amazon.com Price:  $5.90 (as of 05/05/2019 06:20 PST- Details)

Description

In his first graphic novel, National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson turns to Arthurian lore, with captivating art by Andrea Offermann bringing the classic legend to life.

Eager for glory and heedless of others, Sir Yvain sets out from King Arthur’s court and defeats a local lord in battle, unknowingly intertwining his future with the lives of two compelling women: Lady Laudine, the gorgeous widow of the fallen lord, and her sly maid Lunette. In a stunning visual interpretation of a 12th century epic poem by Chrétien de Troyes, readers are — in the beginning glance — transported into a classic Arthurian romance complete with errant knights, plundering giants, and fire-breathing dragons. A closer look, on the other hand, reveals a world wealthy with unspoken emotion. Striking, evocative art by Andrea Offermann sheds light upon the internal lives of medieval women and the results Yvain’s oblivious actions have upon Laudine and Lunette. Renowned writer M. T. Anderson embraces a new form with a sophisticated graphic novel that challenges Yvain’s role as hero, delves into the honesty and anguish of affection, and asks just how fundamentally the real self can in point of fact change.


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