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Asterios polyp

Asterios polyp

by David Mazzucchelli

College teachersArkitekterMedelålders mänGraphic novelsTecknade serier
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Asterios Polyp, its arrogant, prickly protagonist, is an award-winning architect who's never built an actual building, and a pedant in the midst of a spiritual crisis. After the structure of his own life falls apart, he runs away to try to rebuild it into something new.

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College teachersArkitekterMedelålders mänGraphic novelsTecknade serierComic books, strips

Author

David Mazzucchelli

Pages

344

Read time

≈ 9h

Editions

4

Language

English

Publisher

Sinsentido

ISBN

9782203029774

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