Alison

By: Lizzy Stewart

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Hardcover | 30 August 2023 | Edition Number 1

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192 Pages

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25.0 x 17.8 x 2.2

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Alison tells the story of a young British woman who, in her twenties, seizes upon the opportunity to escape from her quiet life in Dorset to the thrumming art scene of late-1970s London. But the vehicle for her escape is a charismatic older man whose reputation as an artist and philanderer casts a shadow which will follow Alison for years as she pursues her painting career.

Combining immaculate prose and stunning artwork, Alison is a complex love and coming-of-age story, as well as a meditation on female friendship and empowerment, class and patriarchy, the creative process and the thorny world of fine art. British illustrator and author Lizzy Stewart crafts a graphic novel that evokes the atmospheric milieu of bohemian London in the late 20th century, while at the same time exploring the more universal struggles of women who must navigate male-dominated spaces.

Told through quietly powerful interpersonal moments rich with meaning and mood, this graphic novel will appeal to fans of Sally Rooney and Leanne Shapton, as well as the great empathic writers Alice Munro, Hilary Mantel, and Tessa Hadley.

Industry Reviews

Elegantly told, exquisitely illustrated, Alison is defined by its precision even as it overflows with important ideas and feelings about being a female artist in the modern world. Lizzy Stewart has given a real gift with this smart, moving, heartfelt book.--Jami Attenberg (I Came All This Way to Meet You)
Every now and again a book comes along that is such a bright joy, so true, so beautiful and moving. Alison is one of those books.--Jessie Burton (The Miniaturist)
It's a heartening journey, a delicious portrait of London and a more universal tale of a working-class young woman making a life in a world that has not been designed for the likes of her. For all its effortlessness [...] Alison ends up carrying a great emotional heft. It's a lovely book, and I cried at the end.-- "The Guardian"

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