The Daughters Of Ys

"If you’ve felt your brimming anxiety overflow this year as you’ve tried to keep up with the tide of the news, you’ll appreciate M.T. Anderson’s reworking of a folktale about a city swept away by the sea. Like his National Book Award-winning The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, this graphic novel is both accessible to a wide age range and rich with ideas that will intrigue adults. (Note, however, that due to dark themes, some gore and the fact that the characters have sex, it may be best kept away from immature readers.) Jo Rioux’s character designs – which reference fifth century Anglo-Saxon art – aren’t just beautiful, they allow her to test the evocative possibilities of minimalist cartooning."