Comics & Graphic Novels Literary
For as Long as It Rains
- Publisher
- Pow Pow Press
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2015
- Category
- Literary, Erotica, Romance
- Recommended Age
- 15 to 18
- Recommended Grade
- 10 to 12
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9782924049259
- Publish Date
- Jun 2015
- List Price
- $22.95
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Description
A pair of musicians elope to an isolated cabin for a romantic weekend together, knowing they'll soon have to go back to their respective lives away from each other. For the moment, it's as if time itself had been suspended, as if nothing exists, save for the words of love they whisper to each other and the taste of dry sweat on skin-but something lurks right underneath the surface, in the nameless gap between passion and reason. An atmospheric, introspective look at modern love, sex, and music, For As Long As It Rains is the winner of multiple awards, including the prestigious Joe Shuster Award.
About the authors
Winner of the 2014 Joe Shuster Award for best Canadian cartoonist, Zviane studied music at Université de Montréal before getting sidetracked by her growing interest in comics. She is the author of For as Long as It Rains, also from Pow Pow Press, as well as the popular L'Ostie d'chat series which was first published as a web cartoon. Apnea was awarded the Bédéis Causa for best album of the year, when it was originally published in French in 2010. She currently live in Montréal.
Helge Dascher has for 25 years translated texts with a dynamic relationship to images. A background in art history and literature has grounded her translation of over sixty graphic novels, many by artists who have broadened the medium's storytelling range. Her translations included acclaimed titles such as Julie Delporte's This Woman's Work (co-translated with Aleshia Jensen, Drawn and Quarterly, 2019), Sophie Bédard's Lonely Boys (co-translated with Robin Lang, Pow Pow Press, 2020) and Michel Rabagliati's "Paul" books (Drawn and Quarterly, Conundrum). She also translates exhibitions, digital stories, and films, most recently Theodor Ushev's The Physics of Sorrow (with Karen Houle, NFB, 2019). A Montrealer, she works from French and German to English.
Awards
- Winner, Bédéis Causa - Best Book
- Nominated, Prix Bédélys - Best Book - Québec
- Nominated, Joe Shuster Awards - Best Cartoonist
Editorial Reviews
"It's in turns playful, erotic, emotionally tense, fractious, and ultimately despairing."
-Rob Clough, High-Low
"A smart character study that encompasses sexual desire and emotional need in a frank portrayal of a troubled relationship."
-Sequential State
