Spa / Erik Svetoft ; translated by Melissa Bowers.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Swedish Publisher: Seattle, Washington : Fantagraphics Books Inc., [2023]Description: 321 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781683966968
- 1683966961
- Spa. English
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Graphic Novel | SVETOFT, ERIK | Available | 33111011044647 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Somewhere in northern Europe, a five-star spa and conference hotel caters to anyone who can afford it. But, at every turn, where luxuriance should reign, things are amiss. A demanding VIP client disappears without a trace. A business seminar is cut short. A young official gets lost looking for his room. A socially outcast masseuse struggles to find acceptance. Two lovers struggle to escape the horror of everyday life - which includes horrific apparitions routinely haunting them. An egocentric manager doubts himself. Abused employees accept their sad fate. Curious inspectors come to settle their accounts. Meanwhile, mysterious moisture damage is spreading. Amidst the extravagant decor, black and viscous liquid flows slowly in the labyrinthine alleys of the resort and trickles down the walls. Hot and humid, the dampness is suffocating. Mould sets in and with it skin diseases, hallucinations, ghosts, malevolent spirits, hybrid creatures, and other monsters both dead and alive. Spa is a horrific graphic novel debut marked by grotesque and whimsical humour.
Chiefly illustrations.
"This nightmarish debut, a biting critique of consumer society and the 'wellness' industry, recalls the films of David Lynch and Lars Von Trier and the horror manga of Junji Ito"-- Provided by publisher.