RUINS (paperback edition)
AUTHOR: PETER KUPER
A life-enhancing examination of Mexico, migration and monarch butterflies
FORMAT: Paperback, 328 pages, colour/ ISBN: 978-1-914224-18-8
PRICE: UK £18.99 / US $22.99 / CAN $28.99
PUBLICATION DATE: 29 February 2024 (UK); 5 March 2024 (USA)
Peter Kuper’s Eisner award winning graphic novel, Ruins, is now available in a new paperback edition. It’s a story of love, adventure and politics as two lives are changed forever by Mexico and the monarch butterfly, combining themes of migration from the human and natural worlds.
Samantha and George are about to launch into a sabbatical year in the quaint Mexican town of Oaxaca. For Samantha, their journey to this historic town is about fulfilling a life-long dream; for George, it is an unsettling step into the unknown. As the couple embark on their adventure, a monarch butterfly begins its arduous migration south from Canada to Mexico… It is a challenging journey – a flight that requires remarkable endurance and a will to survive.
Beneath Oaxaca’s picturesque and serene veneer – the 16th-century architecture, the nearby ruins – it is a town shaken to the core by political unrest. As the monarch butterfly makes its challenging journey south, this unrest threatens to change the town forever.
Ruins masterfully captures the shadows and light of a troubled country steeped in history and culture, weaving together personal, political and natural dramas into a thrilling portrait of life south of the Rio Grande. It draws on the history and politics of Mexico, from the Spanish conquest to the political uprisings of the early 21st century, to tell the story of two lives changed forever by their interaction with a troubled but beautiful country.
Whilst Peter focuses his story on two people who migrate south from America to Mexico seeking the culture and history of Oaxaca, a monarch butterfly simultaneously begins its migration, a journey of remarkable endurance that illuminates the challenges facing the natural world today.
The hardback edition of Ruins scooped the prestigious 2016 Eisner award for Best Graphic Album.
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