Bibliograph

The smell of starving boys, Frederik Peeters [illustrator], Loo Hui Phang [writer] ; translated from the French by Edward Gauvin

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Label

The smell of starving boys, Frederik Peeters [illustrator], Loo Hui Phang [writer] ; translated from the French by Edward Gauvin

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The smell of starving boys

Nature of contents

comics graphic novels

Oclc number

973113597

Responsibility statement

Frederik Peeters [illustrator], Loo Hui Phang [writer] ; translated from the French by Edward Gauvin

Summary

"Texas, 1872. With the Civil War over, exploration has resumed in the territories to the west of the Mississippi, and the geologist Stingley is looking to capitalize. Together with photographer Oscar Forrest, who catalogues the terrain, and their young assistant, Milton, Stingley strikes out into territory that might one day support a new civilization. But this is no virgin land. As the frontiersmen move west, it becomes clear that the expedition won't go unchallenged. Stingley has led them into a hostile region: the native Comanches' last bastion of resistance. In a spectacular landscape, under the looming threat of attack, the boundaries between two worlds dissolve. As social conventions disappear and personal inhibitions go into retreat, an intimate relationship develops between Oscar and Milton. The Smell of Starving Boys is an intense Western about the clash of two worlds: one old, one new; one defined by rationality and technology, the other by shamanism and nature"--from www.amazon.com

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