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Keeping Two

Jordan Crane

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A young couple is stuck in traffic, reading a book aloud to each other to pass the time. The relationship is already strained, but between the encroaching road rage, and a novel that hits way too close to home, tensions are running especially high by the time they arrive back at their apartment. When one of them leaves to get takeout and a movie, each of the young lovers is individually forced to confront loss, grief, fear, and insecurities in unexpected and shocking ways.
Crane's formal use of the comics medium -- threading several timelines and the interior and exterior lives of its protagonists together to create an increasing, almost Hitchcockian sense of dread and paranoia -- is masterful. But as the title hints, there are dualities at its core that make it one of the most exciting works of graphic literary fiction in recent memory, a brilliant adult drama that showcases a deep empathy and compassion for its characters as well as a visually arresting showcase of Crane's considerable talents. Keeping Two is ostensibly a story about loss, but by the end, it just might also be about finding something along the way -- something that had seemed irredeemable up to that point. In that way, it's also a deeply romantic book.
Cartoonist Jordan Crane has been one of the most quietly influential comics-makers of the past quarter-century - in multiple senses of the word: as a cartoonist, a designer, an editor, a publisher, a printmaker, an advocate, an archivist, and more. But Keeping Two is his biggest project in close to two decades and will be one of the most anticipated graphic novels of 2022.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
  • Publish Date: Jul 12nd, 2022
  • Pages: 316
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.36in - 5.78in - 1.22in - 1.49lb
  • EAN: 9781683965183
  • Categories: • Literary

About the Author

Crane, Jordan: - Jordan Crane is a cartoonist living in Los Angeles, CA with his wife and kids. Crane first emerged in 1996 with the iconic comics anthology NON, which he edited, designed, printed, contributed to, and published. His recent books include Keeping Two (2022) and the all-ages graphic novel The Clouds Above (2008).

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Publisher of the World's Greatest Cartoonists Since 1976.

Wow, Headland by Kate Schneider, Keeping Two by @Jordan_Crane, and My Badly Drawn Life by Gipi made the shortlist for the 2023 Cartoonist Studio Prize--@comicsbeat has the scoop! https://t.co/M2upXPyg9U

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Jordan Crane's Keeping Two explores the fear of a partner's longer than usual abscences. "an impressive and ultimately moving book" @fantagraphics https://t.co/yZIsuhi2kh https://t.co/0GlJEIzlOn

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Living the Video Game Dev/Ops life in NY/PA | Senior Producer at WB Games ⭐️ BFA Printmaking/Painting & MFA Print Media. she/her. https://t.co/EP0m325swL

Keeping Two by Jordan Crane was a very good read, but so terribly sad and heavy. It will either be helpful or hurtful to read if you’ve dealt with loss — most likely the latter. https://t.co/htMNGgAGrw

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This is a story so rich and complex that it will require a second, and possibly third, reading.-- "Booklist"
The award-winning cartoonist's inspiring new work, 20 years in the making, is a wild and discursive story with a potent message.-- "The Guardian"
Crane lets tiny moments swell into a flood of emotion in his most accomplished and moving work yet. ... a gently stunning meditation on loss, absence, and connection.-- "Publishers Weekly Starred Review"
Crane's magnum opus is a stylistically adventurous evocation of how fear and grief create barriers to genuine intimacy. Not to be missed.-- "Library Journal Starred Review"
Deceptive in its complexity and rewarding of multiple readings, Keeping Two is a romantic graphic novel with deep emotional impact.-- "Foreword Reviews Starred Review"
A magnificently multilayered graphic novel that empathically addresses the universal human fears of losing those most beloved.-- "Shelf Awareness Starred Review"
When his girlfriend is late coming home from running errands, a man is struck by his fear of losing her. He sets out to find her, setting off an elaborate and emotionally charged chain of events in Crane's beautifully rendered nighttime shadows of suburbia.-- "The New York Times"

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