EARTHLING

"The German cartoonist Aisha Franz's debut graphic novel details a day in the li
fe of two sisters and their single mother. Set in a soulless suburb populated by
block after block of identical row houses bordered by empty fields and an indus
trial no-man's-land, Earthling explores the loneliness of everyday life as these
women struggle to come to terms with what the world expects of them. Earthling
unveils a narrative rich with surrealist twists and turns, where the peas on the
dinner plate and the ads on television can both literally and figuratively spea
k to the most private strife and deepest hopes in a person's life. As the sister
s begin to come to terms with their sexuality, they are confronted by harsh real
ities and a world that has few escape routes for young women."