{"product_id":"the-miroslav-nemeth-project-5-comix-9781647643928","title":"The miroslav nemeth project: 5 comix","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book consists of five linocut narratives by the Croatian artist Miroslav Nemeth, originally published in Gobshite Quarterly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"The Roman Key,\" light, lighthearted, fanciful, spare and surreal two-part drawings tell the tale of Nemeth's search for the key to \"Roma,\" the city or a girl. Roma's ambiguity is playful and charming, as are his rhymes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith complex, expressionist linocuts, \"I Had a Dog\" illustrates the tale of Nemeth's pet Afghan hound who \"behaved like a king.\" The neighborhood is enchanted with the dog's gentleness. Then the dog becomes inexplicably aggressive, first biting Nemeth, then biting anyone who provokes him by walking along the fence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Hood\" is a complex visual description of parts of Nemeth's childhood. The view from his shared bedroom window, happy and welcoming, optimistic; his older brother becoming a \"Tito Pioneer,\" Nemeth given a small flag; Nemeth going to school, the school starkly, darkly pyramidal, untrustworthy, as he walks to it with the other children; an eerily welcoming church as he discovers God; the walk home from school, the cross on the traffic island reminding him that the church is still there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A Smell from a Nose\" expands the description of Nemeth's childhood. Holidays and soccer and the sea add to his joy, though the cross on the traffic island remains. As he becomes a teenager the family moves to a house near the city graveyard; he sees a chicken killed and the fragility of life, returns home and becomes almost housebound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Metaphysics in the Yard,\" is also set in the world of childhood. Jagged panes\/perspectives irrupt into each other, collide on the page, while the tale considers clashing viewpoints about fear and self-recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNemeth and his father are in the garden; Nemeth sees an ugly bug and wants it killed. His father picks the bug up. It begs for its life, grows huge, and leaves him unrecognizable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reprobate\/Gobq\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781647643928\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Miroslav Nemeth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42429246701749,"sku":"9781647643928","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3711a928-99de-4865-a2bf-b531235ee619.jpg?v=1664893492","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-miroslav-nemeth-project-5-comix-9781647643928","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}