Hybrid Hugo Cabret Is NBA Nominee



The Invention of Hugo Cabret, a work appropriate for younger readers by the successful book illustrator Brian Selznick that contains within it several comics sequences, has been nominated for a National Book Award in the category of Young People's Literature. Cabret may be the best example of a hybrid prose-comics work to date. These are mostly prose works where pages are given over to comics for some reason, generally to show the work of a character within the book who is a cartoonist. In Selznick's book, the visual sequences provide propulsive bridges between portions of the story, and, I'd say more importantly, suggest the silent film aspects of the book's plot. Heidi MacDonald caught that one of the books vying with The Invention of Hugo Cabret for the award is Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which features illustration from cartoonist Ellen Forney. The awards will be announced during a ceremony on November 14.
 
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