Dancing after TEN [图书] 谷歌图书
作者: Vivian Chong / Georgia Webber Fantagraphics Books 2020 - 06
In late 2004, Vivian Chong’s life was changed forever when a rare skin disease, TEN (Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis), left her with scar tissue that would eventually blind her. As she was losing her sight, she put down as many drawings on paper as she could to document the experience. In Dancing After TEN, Chong teams up with cartoonist Georgia Webber ― whose graphic autobiography, Dumb, chronicled her own disability ― to trace her journey out of the darkness and into the spotlight. Chong now expresses her art through singing, stand-up, drumming, running, and dancing. This graphic novel is an inspirational tale and a powerful work of graphic medicine.

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一开始看到标题,还以为是晚上十点之后跳舞,香港女生 Vivian Chong 找自我的故事。结果读进去了才发现 TEN 是指中毒性表皮坏死松懈症(Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis),是因为对药品的不良反应导致的类似于严重烧伤反应的急危重症。原本一个快乐的姑娘,因为被椰子树掉下来的树枝砸到脑袋,吃了朋友家人装在止疼药瓶里的药,结果整个人全身皮肤“烧伤”、失明、失聪,失去了朋友、恋人。试图做角膜移植,但是哪怕手术很成功,皮肤的剥落反应把新角膜也献祭了。就这样沉寂在绝望的新生活里,Chong 拿起了画笔,能看到一点儿的时候就画、看不到了就停手;去做瑜伽、游泳、跳舞、做盲人瑜伽教练。画风确实蛮 chaos 的,这本册子也有专业的 cartoonist 帮她一起完成,保留了原始的画风,也做了很多艺术化的处理。等真想的时候,啥情况都能画的。以及……作者住在多伦多,出现了很多熟悉的北约克的地方,有一种神奇的 click。