{"product_id":"melody-paperback-by-sylvie-rancourt","title":"Melody Paperback by Sylvie Rancourt","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eDrawn and Quarterly\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2015-06-23)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e352\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781770462007\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e408.24\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e18.59 x 15.27 x 3.05\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Charming, innocent and empathetic... Rancourt passes the reader a gift: the ability to experience and see a  venal adult life through the forgiving, blameless and easily-wounded  eyes of a child.\"-Chris Ware, from his introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn 1980, Sylvie Rancourt and her boyfriend moved to Montreal from rural Northern Quebec. With limited formal education or training, they had a hard time finding employment, so Rancourt began dancing in strip clubs. These experiences formed the backbone of the first Canadian autobiographical comic book, \u003ci\u003eMelody\u003c\/i\u003e, which Rancourt wrote, drew, and distributed, starting in 1985. Later, she collaborated with the artist Jacques Boivin, who translated and drew a new series of \u003ci\u003eMelody\u003c\/i\u003e comics for the American market-the comics were an instant cult classic.\u003cbr\u003eUntil now, the Rancourt drawn-and-written comics have never been published in English. These stories are compelling without ever being voyeuristic or self-pitying, and her drawings are formally innovative while maintaining a refreshingly frank and engaging clarity. Whether she's divulging her first experiences dancing for an audience or sharing moments from her life at home, her storytelling is straightforward and never sensationalized. With a knowing wink at the reader, Rancourt shares a world that, in someone else's hands, might be scandalous or seedy, but in hers is fully realized, real, and often funny.\u003cbr\u003eThe Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly edition of \u003ci\u003eMelody: Story of a Nude Dancer, \u003c\/i\u003efeaturing an introduction by Chris Ware (\u003ci\u003eBuilding Stories\u003c\/i\u003e), places this masterpiece of early autobiographical comics in its rightful place at the heart of the comics canon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSylvie Rancourt\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Northern Quebec and moved to Montreal in the early 1980s, where she began performing as a nude dancer and recounting her experiences in comics form. In the 1990s, Rancourt collaborated with Jacques Boivin who translated and illustrated her stories for the American market, selling over 200,000 copies. A compilation of early Melody comics was recently published in France and nominated for a prize at the 2014 Angoulême Comics Festival. Sylvie Rancourt lives in Abitibi, Canada, with her husband and five kids, and she spends much of her time painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46959903735969,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781770462007","price":25.6,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781770462007.jpg?v=1788336374","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/melody-paperback-by-sylvie-rancourt","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}