Reading list: Swimsuit

November 29, 2019

Fifth day of my committment. November, 25th was the International Day for the elimination of violence against women and we try to make a run for December, 10th (International Human Rights Day) by making each day matter.

Today on the reading list, another graphic novel.

Swimsuit
By Rachel Ang

Jenny catches up with a former flame at the local pool. The sun is bright and casts dark shadows in the water. There is violence even in this mundane place – a whirlpool through which Jenny swims, even as it pulls her under.

Rachel Ang is a super-talented artist, working not only in comics. She holds a Masters Degree in Architecture from RMIT University and, among other things, she has worked on the characters for Mapping Melbourne, a wonderful multicultural event.

Swimsuit is her first book and is a wonderfully delicate dive (no pun intended) into an intimate world that the swimming pool reflects perfectly: deep, often dark and cold, silent, lonesome.

art and fashion

The Painters of the Revolution

I have a problem with the artistic current of the Macchiaioli, and my problem is that I always get them mixed up with Divisionism. And I don’t like Divisionism, so I almost skipped this exhibition, and that would have been a shame because I do

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books and literature

The Apothecary Diaries

I discovered The Apothecary Diaries through the anime on Netflix: I generally don’t like them but we’re not getting good animation, I was desperate, and what caught my eye were the beautiful backgrounds in some of the promos. Then I switched to the manga. I

February 21, 2026 9:00 am

books and literature

The Art of NASA

This is the second book I read by this author, and I bought it for two reasons: Alas, I was disappointed on both fronts. The preface is very good andframes the (excellent) graphics in this book as coming from two categories:1) the will of NASA

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