Ripple : a predilection for Tina
(2017)

Fiction

eBook

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Fantagraphics Books, 2017
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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9781683960263 (electronic bk.) MWT12366078, 1683960262 (electronic bk.) 12366078
LANGUAGE
English
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In Ripple, Martin is a floundering painter desperately attempting to pursue his fine-art inclinations rather than toil in the world of commercial art. He hires a model, Tina, to pose for a series of paintings he dubs "The Eroticism of Homeliness." Over time, their relationship evolves from a tenuous working relationship to a confused sexual entanglement. Martin's initial repulsion for Tina slowly turns to attraction, causing him to re-evaluate his own notions of beauty and sexuality. Tina's motives in working for Martin are slowly turned upside-down as well, leading toward the book's inevitable, explosive ending. Sad, funny, and often uncomfortably titillating, Ripple is rendered with kinetic realism

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