THE INFLATABLE WOMAN
Book ID/图书代码： 02000014B68270
English Summary/英文概要： Iris (or balletgirl_42 as she’s known on the internet dating circuit) is a zookeeper looking for love when she is diagnosed with breast cancer. Overnight, her life becomes populated by a carnival of daunting hospital characters. Despite the attempts of her friends – Maud, Grandma Suggs, Larry the Monkey and a group of singing penguins– to comfort her, her fears begin to encircle her and all she has to cling on to is the
attention of a lighthouse keeper called sailor_buoy_39.
An unconventional and magical tale of unrequited love, life, hope, comrades and delusion, The Inflatable Woman combines magic realism with the grit of everyday life,to create a poignant and surreal journey inside the human psyche.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 艾瑞丝是一名渴望着爱的动物饲养员（同时她也是国际知名舞团的芭蕾舞舞者-42），然而她却被症患上了乳癌。一夕之间，她的生活仿佛被各种可怕的医院人物所占满。。尽管她的朋友们---莫德、祖母萨格斯、猴子拉里以及一群会唱歌的企鹅都尝试着去安慰她，恐惧还是渐渐将她包围，而她唯一剩下的便只有关注一名名为水手-浮标-39的灯塔看守人。
是一部非传统性质且带有着一丝魔幻色彩的故事，有关于无回报的爱、生活、希望、同志，以及谬误，其将魔幻现实主义与日常生活中的琐碎事件结合起来，从而在人类心理中营造出一种强烈深刻且超现实的旅程感受。（DC）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 蕾切尔•波尔是一名漫画家兼教师。她由为曼彻斯特杂志《城市生活》开始卡通漫画绘制生涯，并曾为Deadline杂志进行月度工作。其作品展示和卡通作品曾出现在各种出版物上，其中包括 《时代教育副刊》和《广播时代》等，本书为其第一部插图小说作品。
Rachael Ball is a cartoonist and art teacher. She began her cartooning career doing regular strips for Manchester’s listing magazine City Life, and gravitated to work for Deadline, where she did monthly strips for four years. Her illustrations and cartoons have appeared in various publications including the Times Educational Supplement and the Radio Times. This is her first graphic novel.
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