"Timed perfectly to our snow day here in Montreal, Anneli Furmark's Red Winter hits stores today, and I can't think of a better book to curl up on the couch with. Set in northern Sweden in the late seventies, where the political climate is tense, and the harshness is exasperated by the relentless chill, Red Winter is a visual masterpiece, with a cold blue and orange watercolour palette that enhances Anneli's already incredibly expressive cartooning style. Though the story revolves around Siv, a married mother of three, and her young lover, Ulrik, a communist recently arrived from southern Sweden, with a mission to infiltrate the local steelworkers union, at its core, it's the story of a mother reclaiming her sense of self. ..."
Drawn and Quarterly
Anneli Furmark
amazon
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