Sunday, September 13, 2009

The Three Incestuous Sisters by Audrey Niffenegger (2005)

I think I read that Niffenegger was coming out with a new book, so I just wanted to see what else she had published besides The Time Traveler's Wife and randomly asked for this one through interlibrary loan. Wow! Wasn't expecting this. This is a visual novel, as opposed to a graphic novel, that the author spent 14 years completing -each page spread has a large aquatint on one side and a few words of the story on the other - in neutral taupe tones, except for the long hair of the three sisters, which is yellow, blue and red. The story is definitely strange, but beguiling. Three sisters live alone, one falls in love with the lighthousekeeper's son... My favorite image is the last double spread.

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