Eric Schwarz
A Little Bit of Freedom
Even if it looks like a holiday: The two twin brothers and their two best friends are rather on the run. From commitment, from feelings, from growing up, above all from themselves. But the escape is only a temporary one and the thought of returning creates a sense of urgency from the start. Only one of the twins seems to remain relaxed. On the first drunken night, he prophesies to his brother that he has found a way to escape without ever having to return.
Eric Schwarz has placed his graphic novel A Little Bit of Freedom where the summers are no longer endless and life weighs heavier than it used to. He explores the blurred boundaries between brotherhood and friendship, friendship and love, love and violence in lightly thrown drawings and concise texts. And the feeling of strangeness in one’s own life.
Luftschacht
Graphic Novel
Original title: Ein bisschen Freiheit
Age
336 pp | € 28
trade paperback
150 x 200 mm
Publication: April 2023
Author & Illustrator: Eric Schwarz
All rights available
- Explores the boundaries between friendship and love, love and violence
- Lightly jotted down drawings
- Concise text
Awards
- Awards
“This strong monologue oscillates between a coming-of-age story and a road trip narrative. The narrator’s inner world is meticulously explored in both text and illustrations, yet without the reader being able to fathom the true nature of this ‘escape’. […] The black-and-white illustrations can be read as original psychological portraits, and many of the visual concepts are striking. This reveals an artistic talent dedicated to the theme of the search for a purpose in life and for one’s true self.” – Dominique Moldehn, Borromäus Verein
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