the encyclopedia of early earth by isabel greenberg

'In all its trapdoored complexity, its stories within stories about stories, The Encyclopedia of Early Earth is a funny and touching celebration of the narrative species that we are.' - Slate 'Hands down the most accomplished and satisfying graphic novel of the year.' - Salon From its gods and ghosts and monsters, a rich and palpably human tale emerges - a sad and unshowily beautiful love story that lands with an emotional impact you likely won't see coming.' - National Public Radio 'Ambitious and impressive enough as a feat of world-building, but it's a good deal more than that. 'Hugely imaginative and sardonically funny' - Glen Weldon, author of Superman: The Unauthorized Biography.Never has a story about the primordial world felt so cozy.' - A.V. Part storybook, part allegory, part meditation on the need for mankind to tell stories, the book manages to encompass all of existence without ever feeling too big for its britches. A unique, compelling standout.' - Jesse Karp, Booklist 'A loving homage to storytelling itself.Sewing her own sly humor, Greenberg deeply immerses readers in the themes and lessons of world mythology.Just as evocative is her art, which uses simple, childlike illustrations to channel the power of ancient cave paintings and archetypal images from our own imaginations.

This graphic novel casts a spell like that of Scheherazade-when you sit down with it, prepare to stay until the last page.' -Eowyn Ivey, author of The Snow Child ' The Encyclopedia of Early Earth is a delightful accordian of a book. 'Greenberg speaks of storytellers, but she's a great storyteller hself, and it's easy to be pulled into the worlds that she writes, housed neatly by tight drawings in a style that is bright enough to bring these worlds to life, and detached enough to feel a little otherworldly.' -Kate Beaton, author of Hark! A Vagrant

Strange and wry and funny and beautifully drawn.' -Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 'It's a book about many things-love, snow, God, poisoned sausages.but mostly it's a celebration of storytelling itself. One of Amazon's Top Ten Books of December 2013Ī Top Ten Graphic Novel of 2013, Booklist.

One of National Public Radio's Great Reads of 2013 One of Time's Top 10 Fiction Books of 2013

The encyclopedia of early earth by isabel greenberg