Published in 2019 (first published 2007)
144 pages
Dominique Goblet is a Belgian visual artist, illustrator and pioneer of the European graphic novel. She lives and works in Brussels. Her work can be defined as experimental, varied in style, poetic and often biographical.
What is this book about?
The first book to appear in English by the acclaimed Belgian artist Dominique Goblet, Pretending is Lying is a memoir unlike any other. In a series of dazzling fragments-skipping through time, and from raw, slashing color to delicate black and white-Goblet examines the most important relationships in her life: with her partner, Guy Marc; with her daughter, Nikita; and with her parents. The result is an unnerving comedy of paternal dysfunction, an achingly ambivalent love story (with asides on Thomas Pynchon and the Beach Boys), and a searing account of childhood trauma-a dizzying, unforgettable view of a life in progress and a tour de force of the art of comics.
