Big Questions
By Nilsen Anders
Big Questions
ΠΠ±Π·ΠΎΡ
ΠΠ°Π³Π½ΡΠΌ ΠΎΠΏΡΡ ΠΠ½Π΄Π΅ΡΡΠ° ΠΠΈΠ»ΡΡΠ΅Π½Π°, Π³ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΡΠΎΠΌΠ°Π½ 'ΠΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠ΅ Π²ΠΎΠΏΡΠΎΡΡ', ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄ΡΡΠ°Π²Π»ΡΠ΅Ρ ΡΠΎΠ±ΠΎΠΉ ΠΆΡΡΠΊΡΡ ΠΏΠΎΡΡΠΌΠΎΠ΄Π΅ΡΠ½ΠΈΡΡΡΠΊΡΡ ΠΏΡΠΈΡΡΡ, ΡΠΎΠ±ΡΠ°Π½Π½ΡΡ Π·Π΄Π΅ΡΡ Π²ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ²ΡΠ΅ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ»Π΅ Π΄Π΅ΡΡΡΠΈ Π»Π΅Ρ ΡΠ°Π±ΠΎΡΡ ΠΈ Π±ΠΎΠ»Π΅Π΅ ΡΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΡΠΎΡ ΡΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΡ. ΠΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΡ ΡΠ°Π·Π²ΠΎΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠ²Π°Π΅ΡΡΡ Π½Π° Π±Π΅ΡΠΊΡΠ°ΠΉΠ½Π΅ΠΉ ΡΠ°Π²Π½ΠΈΠ½Π΅, ΡΠ°ΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠΉ ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Ρ ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΌ ΠΈ ΡΡΡΡΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΡΡΠ΅ΠΏΡΡ, Π³Π΄Π΅ Π³ΡΡΠΏΠΏΠ° ΠΏΡΠΈΡ ΠΎΡΠΈΠ±ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π΅Ρ ΡΠΏΠ°Π²ΡΠΈΠΉ ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΎΠ»Π΅Ρ Π·Π° ΠΏΡΠΈΡΡ, Π° Π½Π΅ΡΠ°Π·ΠΎΡΠ²Π°Π²ΡΡΡΡΡ Π±ΠΎΠΌΠ±Ρ β Π·Π° Π³ΠΈΠ³Π°Π½ΡΡΠΊΠΎΠ΅ ΡΠΉΡΠΎ. Π¦Π΅Π½ΡΡΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ΅ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΎ Π·Π°Π½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π΅Ρ Π±Π΅Π·ΡΠ°Π·Π»ΠΈΡΠ½ΡΠΉ, Π·Π°ΡΡΡΡΠ²ΡΠΈΠΉ ΠΏΠΈΠ»ΠΎΡ, ΠΊΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠΉ ΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡΡΡ ΠΎΠ±ΡΠ΅ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ Π²ΠΎΡΡ ΠΈΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡ, ΡΠ°ΠΊ ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠΈΠ²ΠΎΡΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΈΡ ΡΡΠ΅Π΄ΠΈ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ½Π°ΡΡΡ ΠΎΠ±ΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π»Π΅ΠΉ. ΠΠΈΠ»ΡΡΠ΅Π½ Π²ΠΈΡΡΡΠΎΠ·Π½ΠΎ Π±Π°Π»Π°Π½ΡΠΈΡΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Ρ ΡΠΌΠΎΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΈ Π΄ΡΡΠ΅ΡΠ°Π·Π΄ΠΈΡΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠΌΠΈ ΠΌΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΈ, ΠΈΡΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΡΡ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΉ ΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ Π΄Π΅ΡΠ°Π»ΠΈΠ·ΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΡΠΈΠ»Ρ ΠΈ ΠΌΠΈΠ½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π»ΠΈΡΡΠΈΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΠΏΠ°Π½Π΅Π»ΠΈ. Π§Π΅ΡΠΏΠ°Ρ Π²Π΄ΠΎΡ Π½ΠΎΠ²Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π² ΠΊΠ»Π°ΡΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΡ Π±Π°ΡΠ½ΡΡ , Π³Π΄Π΅ ΠΆΠΈΠ²ΠΎΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΠΎΠΊΠ°Π·ΡΠ²Π°ΡΡΡΡ ΠΌΡΠ΄ΡΠ΅Π΅ Π»ΡΠ΄Π΅ΠΉ, ΡΡΠ° ΠΏΡΠΈΡΡΠ° ΠΈΠ·Π±Π΅Π³Π°Π΅Ρ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΡΡΡ Π½ΡΠ°Π²ΠΎΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ, ΠΎΡΡΠ°Π²Π»ΡΡ ΠΊΠ»ΡΡΠ΅Π²ΡΠ΅ Π²ΠΎΠΏΡΠΎΡΡ ΠΎΡΠΊΡΡΡΡΠΌΠΈ ΠΈ ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎΠ·Π½Π°ΡΠ½ΡΠΌΠΈ.
ΠΠΎΠΌΡ ΠΏΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠΉΠ΄ΡΡ
- ΠΠ»Ρ ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠ»ΠΎΠ½Π½ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ² Π°Π²ΡΠΎΡΡΠΊΠΈΡ Π³ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΡ ΡΠΎΠΌΠ°Π½ΠΎΠ² ΠΈ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠΈΠΊΡΠΎΠ²
- Π§ΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΈ, ΠΈΡΡΡΠΈΠ΅ Π³Π»ΡΠ±ΠΎΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠ·ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΠΈ ΡΠΈΠ»ΠΎΡΠΎΡΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ
- ΠΡΠ±ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΈΡΡ ΠΈ Π±Π°ΡΠ΅Π½ Ρ ΠΎΡΠΊΡΡΡΡΠΌ ΡΠΈΠ½Π°Π»ΠΎΠΌ
- Π¦Π΅Π½ΠΈΡΠ΅Π»ΠΈ ΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Ρ ΡΠ΄ΠΎΠΆΠ΅ΡΡΠ²Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΡΡΠΈΠ»Ρ ΠΈ ΠΌΠΈΠ½ΠΈΠΌΠ°Π»ΠΈΠ·ΠΌΠ°
ΠΠ»ΡΡΠ΅Π²ΡΠ΅ ΠΎΡΠΎΠ±Π΅Π½Π½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ
- ΠΠ²ΡΠΎΡ: ΠΠ½Π΄Π΅ΡΡ ΠΠΈΠ»ΡΡΠ΅Π½
- ΠΠΎΠ΄ ΠΈΠ·Π΄Π°Π½ΠΈΡ: 2011
- ΠΠ±ΡΠ΅ΠΌ: 658 ΡΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΡ
- Π’ΠΈΠΏ ΠΎΠ±Π»ΠΎΠΆΠΊΠΈ: ΠΡΠ³ΠΊΠ°Ρ ΠΎΠ±Π»ΠΎΠΆΠΊΠ° (Paperback)
- ΠΠ·Π΄Π°ΡΠ΅Π»ΡΡΡΠ²ΠΎ: MPS
- ΠΠ΅Ρ: 1910 Π³Ρ.
Big Questions
Overview
Anders Nilsen's graphic novel, 'Big Questions', is a haunting postmodern fable, presented here for the first time as a collected magnum opus following ten years and over six hundred pages of work. The story unfolds on an endless plain, situated somewhere between a dream and a Russian steppe, where a flock of birds mistakenly identifies a downed airplane as another bird and an unexploded bomb as a giant egg. Central to the narrative is an indifferent, stranded pilot, who becomes an object of both fascination and opposition among the feathered inhabitants. Nilsen masterfully balances humor with heartbreak, employing his distinctive, detailed line work and minimalist panel layouts. Drawing inspiration from classic fables where animals often prove wiser than their human counterparts, this parable eschews easy morals, instead leaving its titular questions open and profoundly ambiguous.
Who it's for
- Fans of original graphic novels and comic art
- Readers interested in profound metaphysical and philosophical themes
- Enthusiasts of fables and parables with ambiguous, open endings
- Collectors who appreciate distinctive artistic styles and minimalist aesthetics
Key features
- Authored by acclaimed cartoonist Anders Nilsen
- First collected edition of a decade-long project
- Features 658 pages of Nilsen's distinctive artwork
- Published in 2011 by MPS
- Paperback format
- Explores themes of existence, perception, and morality