Ex Libris av Matt Madden

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<p><i><b>Ex Libris</b></i> revolves around a character trapped in a room with nothing but a futon and a bookcase full of comics. As they peruse covers, read stories and fragments of stories, they begin to suspect that the comics contain hidden messages and¿ a threat. Fiction and reality blur; sanity and madness become increasingly intertwined as the reader becomes convinced the key to their predicament is to be found between the panels of the strange books.With a dizzying array of inventive visual and narrative styles, <i>Ex Libris</i> continues the line of exploration and play that Madden initiated with <i>99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style</i>. Ex Libris is a tribute to the meta-fictional tradition of writers like Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cort¿r, Vladimir Nabokov, and Italo Calvino (whose novel, <i>If on a Winter''s Night a Traveler, was the inspiration</i>).</p><p>MATT MADDEN (NYC 1968) is a cartoonist, teacher, and translator. His best-known book is <i>99 Ways to Tell a St