Our Beautiful Darkness - A Graphic Novel

A blackout leads two teens to discover the intimacy and vulnerability that can only be shared in darkness, in this fully illustrated YA novella from celebrated Angolan author Ondjaki.

About the author

Ondjaki was born in Luanda, Angola in 1977. His novels, short stories, poetry, and children’s books have received numerous prizes. He received the José Saramago Prize and Littérature-Monde Prize for his novel Transparent City, which was translated into seven languages and included in best-book roundups by Vanity Fair, Vulture, Lit Hub, Globe and Mail, World Literature Today, and more.
António Jorge Gonçalves is a Portuguese creator of graphic novels and picture books. A long-time political cartoonist for the Portuguese newspaper Público, he has also published in Courrier International and Le Monde. He created a live digital drawing technique with which he has performed onstage with musicians, actors, and dancers worldwide. He received Portugal’s National Illustration Prize for Our Beautiful Darkness.
Lyn Miller-Lachmann translates children’s books from Portuguese to English, including award-winning picture book The World in a Second and YA graphic novel Pardalita. She is the author of Torch, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for YA Literature, and co-author (with Zetta Elliott) of the middle grade verse novel Moonwalking.

Summary

A blackout leads two teens to discover the intimacy and vulnerability that can only be shared in darkness, in this fully illustrated YA novella from celebrated Angolan author Ondjaki.

Product details

• Authors: Ondjaki
• Assisted by: Antonio Jorge Goncalves (Illustration), António Jorge Gonçalves (Illustration), Lyn Miller-Lachmann (Translation)
• Publisher: Workman
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 0 to 99
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.09.2024
• EAN: 9781592704101
• ISBN: 978-1-59270-410-1
• No. of pages: 126
• Illustrations: Black-and-white illustrations throughout
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works