This Country by Navied Mahdavian

In Mahdavian's hands, comics feel like poetry.Perfect ink drawings bring
land, beast, and humans, with all their delicacy and yearning, viscerally
to life. This Country . . . made me want to grant my own surroundings
the grace, humor, and dignity ofMahdavian's observant study."-Amy
Kurzweil, cartoonist and author of Flying Couch: A Graphic Memoir
A gorgeously illustrated and written debut graphic memoir about
belonging, identity, and making a home in the remote American West, by
New Yorker cartoonist Navied Mahdavian.
Before Navied Mahdavian moved with his wife and dog in November of 2016
from San Francisco to an off-the-grid cabin in rural Idaho, he had never
fished, gardened, hiked, hunted, or lived in a snowy place. But there, he could
own land, realize his dream of being an artist, and start a family-the Millennial
dream. Over the next three years, Mahdavian leaned into the wonders of the
natural Idaho landscape and found himself adjusting to and enjoying a slower
pace of living. But beyond the boundaries of his six acres, he was confronted
with the realities of America's political shifts and forced to confront the
question: Do I belong here?
Mahdavian's beautifully written and unflinchingly honest graphic memoir
charts his growth and struggles as an artist, citizen, and new father. It
celebrates his love of place and honors the relationships he makes in rural
America, touching on dynamics like culture, environment, and identity in
America, and even articulating difficult (...)

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Navied Mahdavian has been a contributing cartoonist at the New Yorker since
2018. His work has also been published in Reader's Digest, Wired, and Alta
Online and the books The Rejection Collection and Send Help! Before
becoming a cartoonist, he taught the fifth grade, where he learned most of his
jokes. Mahdavian was born in Miami and lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Chronicle Books
On Sale: Sep 12/23
6 x 9 • 288 pages
9781797223674 • $38.95 • PB - Paperback, 272 blackand-white illustrated pages
Comics & Graphic Novels / NonFic / Biography &
Memoir