![]() ![]() When we first meet Corinna, she’s frustrated, lonely and isolated, confessing that she’s written nothing but ad-copy for five years. Like so many people torn between creative ambitions and real world necessities, she fell into the trap of compromise. That the story, without compromising its sense of realism, also manages to deliver a message of hope, makes it a truly stand-out work.Ĭorinna graduated college with a degree in English Literature and moved to the city (which Cho, with his strong background in urban landscapes, brings wildly to life) with the wide-eyed plan of working in advertising until she could establish herself as a novelist. That the protagonist, Corinna, the focal point and narrator of the story, is an aspiring writer whose aspirations have been repeatedly deferred and seemingly defeated was enough to lure me in and feel a strong connection with Cho, his protagonist, and her story. At its core, Michael Cho’s newly-released debut graphic novel “Shoplifter,’’ published by Pantheon Books, is a work after my own heart. ![]()
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