Time, space, relationships, identity, life and death – in short, our perceptions of reality – shift, blur and blend as memories, spirits and bodies move, exchange and intermix in this 140 page full color hardcover by Spanish illustrator and comics maker, her first translated into English (by noted translator Andrea Rosenberg) that has a special focus on women's places in the scheme of things.

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Set in the rural Spain of the early 20th century, the US desert southwest of the early 21st century, and elsewhere and elsewhen, Totem is a hauntingly evocative graphic novel of life and the afterlife, relationships in the moment and through the ages.  Laura Perez's artwork work well in revealing the tentative connections between perceptions and realities to show the porous borders between person and place.

Translated from the original Spanish by Andrea Rosenberg.

Learn more by checking out Lydia Turner's illustrated review on Broken Frontier, HERE.