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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN num: 9780375714764
ISBN number: 0375714766
Label: Pantheon
Manufacturer: Pantheon
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 128
Printing Date: May 09, 2006
Publishing house: Pantheon
Release Date: May 09, 2006
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This here be the very first ever “graphical novel book” by Craig Thompson. It was winnning a Harvey Award, no less. It documentates the once upon a time in our fishing village town and a short turtle lad name of Chunky, last name Rice.
Mister Chunky Rice be living in the same rooming house likewise myself, only that boy be restless. Looking for something. And he puts hisself on my brother Chuck’s ship and boats out to sea to find it. Only he be departin’ from his bestest of all friends, his deer mouse, I mean, mouse deer chum Dandel.
Now why in a whirl would someone leave beyond a buddy? Just what be that turtle lad searchings for? I said you best read the book to find out. Merle said, “Doot doot.”
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I loved this book. I ,like many others, read Blankets very first and fell in love with it. So I was very excited to read this. I was captivated the whole time. Its a great story. I was really looking forward to where it was going. But as I started nearing the last 2 or 3 pages I started to realize that there are not enough pages to wrap things up. And before I knew it It ended. It really does feel like the last 10 pages were stolen from the book.
Like I said its a great read it just leaves something to be desired.
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Having read "Blankets" a month ago, and having been spiritually floored by it, I thought I was obligated to get to this book. Sure enough, that is Craig Thompson's wonderful style, which I love, and sure enough, again, this was emotionally tense and rich.
"Good-Bye Chunky Rice" is something of a contemporary fairy-tale - by which I do not mean the usually neutered conception we have of them, but the real thing; the raw and painful thing - and it is simply beautiful.
This book is visually a success, and the words are fantastic too. It is, on the whole, a mighty little book. Craig Thompson definitely is a contemporary genius and I can't wait to read and view more of his work.
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I have become a big fan of Craig Thompson, but I think I read his books in the wrong order. I started with his Carnet De Voyage (Travel Journal), which is his most recent work. That got me interested in the book for which he was on tour, Blankets. As a newbie to graphic novels, I was completely blown away by Blankets which is more of a memoir than novel. So I felt compelled to get Good-bye, Chunky Rice, Mr. Thompson's very first book. The characters, the writing, and the visual style are good, but not nearly as interesting to me as the other two books.
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It's been a while since I read this, but it still echoes in my memory as such an amazing, deceptively simple tale of crossing paths and lonely hearts. Chunky Rice, our turtle hero, is dealing with the longing for the unknown and the pain of leaving the life that is familiar but not satisfying some deep need.
It says so much with so little, and expresses some of the subtle agony of life so beautifully.
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Good-bye Chunky Rice by Craig Thompson is the tender story of the eponymous turtle who leaves his beloved mouse friend Dandele to go away. Where Chunky Rice goes is never defined, but he is driven by his need to leave. The story is told with many flashbacks and cut-aways to supporting characters. The strange man who helps Chunky with his luggage is a pathetic man whose abuse by his father and siblings has left him haunted. Dandele speaks in beautifully turbulent poetry comparing her anguish at the loss of Chunky to the stormy waves of the sea. She tosses countless bottles into the sea, pouring out her heart in hopeful and hopeless SOS's to Chunky. Meanwhile, Chunky is on a small ship with a crude captain, conjoined twins, and a slatternly cook. The storm the ship encounters on the way seems almost too metaphorical for the changes in the passengers' lives. While the artistry is almost a little too charming, the story's dreamlike telling is compelling and poignant. I look forward to reading more of Thompson's works.
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