Excellent graphic novel depicts Monet's life.
Monet: Itinerant of Light by Salva Rubio, illustrated by EFA (Ricard Fernandez) A fascinating chronicle that brings one face to face with Monet's life, his struggles and his achievements. I found the graphic presentation challenging at the beginning, the background coloring seemed to swamp things but as Monet's life unfolded I came to appreciate those shadings that seemed for me to reflect the stages of his life and along the way incorporates references to the styles of Monet and his companions in the search for a new way of seeing. The illustrating is fantastic. There's a richness that the artist EFA ( Ricard Fernandez) beings to bear. I'm awed. Sometimes I find the comments in the word balloons a little stilted, but to me that always is a product of this medium. Graphic novels are not easy reading. I find they require more concentration than the writ...