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Agnes Lee has captivated readers across the world for years with her illustrations for the New York Times Metropolitan Diary. Her debut graphic novel is an unforgettable story of death, grief, love, and how we keep moving forward. Gotta get up. Gotta keep moving. This map – it says I have to cross over here.
49 Days captures the longing nature of grief; the unbearable loneliness in feeling close when we’re furthest apart. I didn’t want it to end.” —AJ Dungo, creator of In Waves "49 Days is a quiet, emotional graphic novel that beautifully explores grief, death, loss, and love. Kit is a Korean American girl who is embarking on a journey ...
Mar 5, 2024 · February 25, 2024. Agnes Lee's "49 Days" is a hauntingly beautiful exploration of grief, redemption, and the enduring power of love. Set against the backdrop of contemporary Seoul, this novel takes readers on a mesmerizing journey through the afterlife as experienced by the protagonist, Ji Soo.
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illustrated by Agnes Lee. 49 Days is an unusual, profoundly moving graphic novel whose elegance belies its complexity and whose emotional impact only grows upon rereading. Agnes Lee’s debut graphic novel, 49 Days, opens with a series of short vignettes about a young woman trying to make a journey but being foiled—sometimes in dramatic and ...
Mar 5, 2024 · The depth of emotion portrayed here will resonate with any reader who has experienced loss. The characters are cued as Korean American. An author’s note explains the Buddhist concept of bardo, a temporary state between life and rebirth, from which the book takes inspiration. A moving portrayal of mortality and its aftermath, shown from both ...
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Mar 5, 2024 · And so begins a graphic novel story unlike any other: 49 Days. In Buddhist tradition, a person must travel for forty-nine days after they die, before they can fully cross over. Here in this book, readers travel with one Korean American girl, Kit, on her journey, while also spending time with her family and friends left behind.
Mar 5, 2024 · 49 Days is an unforgettable story of death, grief, love, and how we keep moving forward. Agnes Lee grew up in the Bay Area and is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Art Center College of Design. She is a former Chronicle Books fellow and was an Art Director at the The New York Times for several years where she began illustrating the Metropolitan ...
