Tina's Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary
In the tradition of Persepolis and American Born Chinese, a wise and funny high school heroine comes of age.Tina M., sophomore, is a wry observer of the cliques and mores of Yarborough Academy, and of the foibles of her Southern California intellectual Indian family. She's on a first-name basis...
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In the tradition of Persepolis and American Born Chinese, a wise and funny high school heroine comes of age.Tina M., sophomore, is a wry observer of the cliques and mores of Yarborough Academy, and of the foibles of her Southern California intellectual Indian family. She's on a first-name basis with Jean-Paul Sartre, the result of an English honors class assignment to keep an “existential diary.”Keshni Kashyap’s compulsively readable graphic novel packs in existential high school drama—from Tina getting dumped by her smart-girl ally to a kiss on the mouth (Tina’s mouth, but not technically her first kiss) from a cute skateboarder, Neil Strumminger. And it memorably answers the pressing question: Can an English honors assignment be one fifteen-year-old girl’s path to enlightenment?
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780618945191 (0618945199)
ASIN: 618945199
Publish date: January 3rd 2012
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages no: 248
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Teen,
Cultural,
Realistic Fiction,
Philosophy,
Coming Of Age,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Graphic Novels Comics,
High School
Graphic novels are my newfound love and this one is definitely going to stay in my Bookshelf. I read it during a very boring/rainy Sunday afternoon, traditionally I do not like Sundays as my Husband starts his workweek as well as the impending Monday Blues to go back to work. But this book made my m...
One of my goal's for next year is going to be to read more graphic novels. I thought I would start early with this one. Plus the cover drew me in. Though, I have to say this was a bizarre story with little plot line. It might be difficult for me to get into the graphic novel genre but we shall see. ...
Appeal Characteristics visualization, Indian-American culture, California, identity, coming of age, philosophy, high school, friendship, relationships, family relationship, love, heartbreak, social issuesI found the universe of myself in this book. It took me a pleasant (and not so pleasant) stroll ...
Quick review: While the content and storyline of this graphic novel was smart, I wasn't impressed with its execution or the artwork. Transitions between sections seemed jumpy, even within chapters, and elements of the storyline that could have been really meaningful were either touched on too briefl...
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