Bøker av Lizzy Stewart

Merging the personal and the political, observation and contemplation, the author examines what her life is and wonders what it should be; what is expected of a thirty year old woman by society, by family and friends and by herself. She walks the streets of her London, creating it and herself -- gaining agency by being in control of her own direction, speed and momentum. Walking is both an internal and external experience. It's a time for self-reflection, for observing others and for imagining how we appear to them. What is expected of a person of our age, sex, and race, and how should that influence what we do and how we feel about ourselves? A poignant and contemporary meditation on gender politics, social commentary, and eighties movies, all interlaced with shards of autobiography and illustrated with a beautiful series of sequential and non-sequential watercolour images.

Det er en tiger i hagen er en vakker, prisbelønt bildebok om Nora som er på besøk hos bestemoren sin. Når bestemor sier at hun har sett en tiger i hagen, tror ikke Nora på henne. Hun har vokst fra bestemors morsomheter. Alle vet at tigre lever i jungelen, ikke i hager! Så selv når Nora ser sommerfugler med vinger så store som armen sin og planter som prøver å spise leketøygiraffen hennes, samt en isbjørn som liker å fiske, vet hun at det definitivt ikke kan være en tiger i hagen... Eller kan det det?En nydelig bildebok om fantasiens kraft!

In her graphic novel debut, English cartoonist Lizzy Stewart chronicles the lives of two close friends from adolescence to adulthood. As the years go by, life nudges them in directions that they never could have expected until finally, in their thirties, they hardly recognise the women they have become. In a series of interconnected vignettes, Stewart focuses on the ordinary, slice-of-life moments and charges these scenes with a quiet intensity.

When Grandma says she's seen a tiger in the garden, Nora doesn't believe her. She's too old to play Grandma's silly games! Everyone knows that tigers live in jungles, not gardens.