Craig Thompson
简介
《毯子和哈比比》的作者推出了一本新的图文回忆录，探讨了阶级鸿沟、童年劳动、家庭、以及我们全球化的世界——所有这些都围绕着威斯康星州的人参种植业展开
“这是一个宏大的故事，画得非常漂亮，讲述得也非常精彩——这是克雷格·汤普森的杰作。”——《巴勒斯坦》和《土地报酬》的作者乔·萨科
2003 年，克雷格·汤普森关于初恋和在威斯康星州农村失去的信念的开创性回忆录《毯毯》初次出版，便获得了热烈的赞誉。该书曾两次获得艾斯纳奖和三次哈维奖，至今仍被认为是有史以来最伟大的图画故事作品之一。现在，克雷格期待已久的自传体回归，讲述了毯毯未提及的故事。
《人参根》讲述了克雷格和他的兄弟姐妹们的故事，他们年轻时的夏天在威斯康星州农村农场除草和收割一排排令人垂涎的西洋参，每小时挣一美元。克雷格以他标志性的惊心动魄的钢笔画作品，将这个迷失的青春与 300 年的全球人参贸易历史以及与之联系在一起的众多生命交织在一起——从古代中国的人参猎人，到美国中西部的工业农民和流动收割者，再到他自己的家人，他们仍在努力应对痛苦的过去带来的余波。
《人参根》从威斯康星州马拉松市延伸到中国东北部，记录了工业农业的兴起、美国劳动力的衰落以及在快速变化的世界中寻找家园的感觉。
From the celebrated author of Blankets and Habibi comes a new graphic memoir exploring the class divide, childhood labor, family, and our globalized world—all centered on Wisconsin's ginseng farming industry
“A sweeping story, gorgeously drawn and beautifully told — this is Craig Thompson’s masterpiece.” —Joe Sacco, author of Palestine and Paying the Land
When Blankets first published in 2003, Craig Thompson's seminal memoir about first love and faith lost in rural Wisconsindebuted to rapturous acclaim. The winner of two Eisner and three Harvey Awards, it is to this day considered one of the all-time great works of graphic storytelling. Now, in Craig's long-awaited return to the autobiographical form, comes the story that Blankets left out.
Ginseng Roots follows Craig and his siblings, who spent the summers of their youth weeding and harvesting rows of coveted American ginseng on rural Wisconsin farms for one dollar an hour. In his trademark breathtaking pen-and-ink work, Craig interweaves this lost youth with the 300-year-old history of the global ginseng trade and the many lives it has tied together—from ginseng hunters in ancient China, to industrial farmers and migrant harvesters in the American Midwest, to his own family still grappling with the aftershocks of the bitter past.
Stretching from Marathon, Wisconsin, to Northeast China, Ginseng Roots charts the rise of industrial agriculture, the decline of American labor, and the search for a sense of home in a rapidly changing world.