Cartoons, it turns out, are tailor-made for the absurdities of old age, illness and dementia. In Chast’s devastating and sublime graphic memoir, the odd dramas and repetitive minutiae find perfect expression in her signature antic drawings as she describes helping her parents navigate their final years — from packing up their cluttered Brooklyn apartment to getting a seat at the “right” table in the nursing home. No one has perfect parents, and no one can write a perfect book about them. But Chast has come close.
书中的卡通仿佛是为年老、疾病与痴呆症所带来的荒谬情况而量身定制的。在查斯特的这本悲伤而庄严的图文回忆录中，描绘了她如何帮助父母度过晚年——从打扫他们凌乱的布鲁克林公寓，到在疗养院里为他们在“合适的”桌边找到坐的地方，她那标志性的滑稽绘画完美地表现了书中奇异的戏剧效果与重复的细节。没有人拥有完美的父母，也没有人能为他们写一部完美的书，但查斯特很接近了。 来源:可可英语 //m.moreplr.com/read/201412/348761.shtml