{"product_id":"9781637151006","title":"Parallel","description":"\u003cp\u003e(W) Matthias Lehmann (A) Matthias Lehmann (CT) Ivanka Hahnenberger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePage Count: 456\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 2023 GLAAD Media Award Nominee for Outstanding Original Graphic NovelA 2023 ALA Best Graphic Novel for AdultsIn Parallel, creator Matthias Lehmann deftly explores the complexities of being gay at a time when queer relationships were forbidden. Torn between his longing for a family and his simultaneous desire for gay love, Karl Kling hides his homosexuality from his wife and child while pursuing male romances in 1950s Germany. Karl Kling's story is one of revelations, and these he has addressed in a letter to his daughter, Hella, who had disowned Karl many years ago. Karl's letter is a cri de coeur from a father to a daughter he never really got to know, and he comes clean to her about his failed marriages, his fractured family relations--and his love for men.Taking place between the end of World War II and the 1980s, Parallel chronicles Karl's efforts to comply with social norms in order to keep his sexuality a secret. It also paints a picture of a life torn between conformity and rebellion, and the cruel realities of twentieth-century German society, where homosexuality was proscribed and punishable until 1994. Matthias Lehmann poignantly depicts the story of a decades-long yearning to live an open and free life, and the price Karl and those he loves must pay for it. It is also a story of finding the courage to finally tell the truth no matter the obstacles...or the cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Graphic Novel is available as a Special Order Item, not in stock in our warehouse. Special Order Graphic Novels take approximately ten days to arrive at CaptCan Comics. These items are in Brand New Condition and are Unread. Availability is subject to change. Orders for these items are treated the same as Pre-Sales. If you order Special Order Items and items in stock at CaptCan Comics together and pay shipping, the available items will be fulfilled into your hold box, and then shipped complete when the outstanding item arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oni Press","offers":[{"title":"Special Order Item","offer_id":47224712855740,"sku":"9781637151006","price":29.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/9870\/1140\/files\/9781637151006.jpg?v=1785674868","url":"https:\/\/www.captcancomics.ca\/products\/9781637151006","provider":"CaptCan Comics Inc","version":"1.0","type":"link"}