Bionic - by Koren Shadmi (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Bionic is a coming-of-age tale for the digital generation, taking place in the near future. It's the story of Victor, a geeky teenager on a hopeless quest to win the love of the gorgeous Patricia -- but when she returns from a horrible accident with astonishing new robotic parts, both their lives will be changed forever. Koren Shadmi (Highwayman, The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television) presents a hypnotically illustrated story of warm flesh and cold metal. It's the story of a love that was never meant to be, of overwhelming emotions, trauma, rebellion, loss of innocence, and the fear that wanting something may not be enough."--Provided by publisher.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>An eerie and beautiful coming-of-age graphic novel for the digital generation, from the stunningly creative mind behind <i>Highwayman</i> and <i>Love Addict</i>.</b> <p/><i>Bionic</i> is a coming-of-age tale for the digital generation, taking place in the near future. It's the story of Victor, a geeky teenager on a hopeless quest to win the love of the gorgeous Patricia -- but when she returns from a horrible accident with astonishing new robotic parts, both their lives will be changed forever. <p/>Koren Shadmi (<i>Highwayman</i>, <i>The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television</i>) presents a hypnotically illustrated story of warm flesh and cold metal. It's the story of a love that was never meant to be, of overwhelming emotions, trauma, rebellion, loss of innocence, and the fear that wanting something may not be enough.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>[An] engaging story of horrifying bodily changes that upend the teenage experience... The pencil-shaded, hand-drawn style of the art contrasts well with the tech-focused story. <b>-- <i>Booklist</i></b> <p/><i>Bionic</i> reboots the teenage romance and propels it into the twenty-first century. <b>-- <i>BD Gest</i></b> <p/>A very fine social critique, full of strangeness and uncertainty. <b>-- <i>Bodoï</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Koren Shadmi </b>is a Brooklyn-based illustrator and cartoonist; he studied illustration at the School of Visual Arts in NYC, where he now teaches. His graphic novels have been published internationally and they include <i>Highwayman</i>, <i>The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television</i>, <i>Love Addict: Confessions of a Serial Dater</i>, and <i>Rise of the Dungeon Master</i>. His work has been published in <i>The New York Times</i>, <i>The New Yorker</i>, <i>The Washington Post</i>, <i>Playboy</i>, and <i>Wired</i>.
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