Just a short blog for the moment as I am currently knee deep in the jungles of the Congo. This is a teen fiction novel that I read for a university course recently, and it really stood out as a one of a kind reading expereience. You'll probably be hearing a lot more about it soon as Martin Scorcese is apparently adapting it into a film. It's a very unusual/unique book as it's half picture book/half novel... but the picture sequences take over the narrative of the story (they are wordless but they continue telling the story on their own, they aren't illustration of what the text says). It's a bit like reading a silent film, which is apt as the book concerns film's first forgotten genius - Georges Melies, director of A Trip to the Moon - and also looks at some 19th century toydiggery such as automata.
I don't have time to say much more than that, but it's thoroughly worth checking out. The author/illustrator has clearly poured a lot of love and time into it, and it shows in every etching. It didn't get a lot of attention in bookstores when it was first released as it doesn't really fit neatly into any single book category (or genre), which is a tragedy. Hopefully Scorcese's film (if it happens) will give it a second chance at glory.
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