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From Lone Mountain

$22.95

by John Porcellino

A view of America–as seen in small towns, rural roads, and its overlooked in-between places. John Porcellino makes his love of home and of nature the anchors in an increasingly turbulent world.

Drawn & Quarterly
ISBN: 9781770462953
SKU: 9781770462953 Categories: , , Tag: Product ID: 38964

Description

A view of America–as seen in small towns, rural roads, and its overlooked in-between places

John Porcellino makes his love of home and of nature the anchors in an increasingly turbulent world. He slows down and visits the forests, fields, streams, and overgrown abandoned lots that surround every city. He studies the flora and fauna around us. He looks at the overlooked. Porcellino also digs deep into a quintessential American endeavour–the road trip. Uprooting his comfortable life several times in From Lone Mountain, John drives through the country weaving from small town to small town, experiencing America in slow motion, avoiding the sameness of airports and overwhelming hustle of major cities.

From Lone Mountain collects stories from Porcellino’s influential zine King-Cat–John enters a new phase of his life, as he remarries and decides to leave his beloved second home Colorado for San Francisco. Grand themes of King-Cat are visited and stated more eloquently than ever before: serendipity, memory, and the quest for meaning in the everyday.

Over the past three decades, Porcellino’s beloved King-Cat has offered solace to his readers: his gentle observational stories take the pulse of everyday life and reveal beauty in the struggle to keep going.

304 page black and white paperback
Drawn & Quarterly, 2018

Diamond Code: JAN181598

Additional information

Weight 20 oz
Dimensions 8 × 6 × 1 in