A Thousand Coloured Castles (Graphic Medicine)

ISBN: 0271079274

Author: Brookes, Gareth

Condition: New

Mild-mannered Myriam is diagnosed with macular degeneration in her right eye, but that doesnt explain the strange things shes been seeing: children in bright red helmets dancing on the doctors ceiling, exotic vines growing from her television set, and thousands of colored castles forming patterns on her kitchen walls. Her husband Fred is certain that Myriams visions are a bunch of nonsense, and her family dismisses her odd observations as the results of old age and an addled mind. So when Myriam begins to notice something off about the house next door, she has only her own instincts to trust: can she tell the difference between a trick of the eyes and a real crime?The surreal lives side by side with the everyday in this graphic novel about life with Charles Bonnet syndrome, a condition in which a person with partial or severe blindness has complex, often bizarre hallucinations. Gareth Brookess rich, artistic crayon drawings pull the reader into Myriams vibrant and unnerving world, showing the frustration and fear that arise as a result of this unique condition-and the moments of unexpected beauty.