Break the Haughty: It's shown that in the past Asterios was quite pompous and self-important towards the people around him.This was visually and tonally represented by having their art styles 'split' when they fought, and meld into more beautiful combined art when they loved and understood each other. Art-Style Clash: One of the book's stylistic themes is how Asterios' rigid, blue-line architect way of seeing the world would clash with his artist wife's fluid, etched view of the world.Anachronic Order: The flashbacks to Asterios's marriage are non-chronological.This work cannot be completely understood in one reading, or for that matter in twenty. Each character's dialogue is written in its own way, and the book will regularly switch art styles to convey its messages. The style and artwork are not only used to tell the story, but are facets of the story itself. The artistic aspect of the book is one of its most unique aspects. And also fantasy scenes with his dead twin Ignazio, and a few scenes narrated by him also. Through out this the book flashes back to various points of his now defunct marriage with Hana. He decides to go on a fateful journey in which he abandons every thing and becomes a auto mechanic in the small town of Apogee.

As he turns half a century Asterios's apartment is struck by lightning and burned to the ground. Asterois is a renowned architect, despite the fact that none of his designs have ever been built. He is pompous, egocentric, and condescending yet manages to be intensely likable. The story is about a man named Asterios Polyp. Critically praised as David Mazzuchelli's magnum opus, Asterios Polyp is an ambitious work of Meta Fiction a decade in the making. 'What if reality (as perceived) were simply an extension of the self? Wouldn't this color the way each individual experiences the world? As one who doesn't exist, I'm entitled to ask these questions.'Ī 2009 graphic novel that defies simple explanation, Asterios Polyp combines philosophy, psychology, and design theory into an expertly crafted story.

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