Stone Fruit is Lai’s graphic novel debut and has been sold in auction to 5 publishing houses in 4 different languages worldwide by agent Alessandra Sternfeld at AM-Book. At turns joyful and heartbreaking, Stone Fruit reveals through intimately naturalistic dialog and blue-hued watercolor how painful it can be to truly become vulnerable to your loved ones - and how fulfilling it is to be finally understood for who you are. In time, the emptiness they feel after their break-up is supplanted with a deep sisterly love and understanding.Īt turns joyful, tender, and heartbreaking, Lee Lai’s water colored graphic novel debut reveals how painful it can be to be vulnerable with your loved ones-and yet how fulfilling it is to be finally understood for who you are. At turns joyful and heartbreaking, Stone Fruit reveals through intimately naturalistic dialog and blue-hued watercolor how painful. In 2021, she was chosen as one of the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 for her debut graphic novel, Stone Fruit. Art & Photography Lee Lai Lee Lai is is a cartoonist and graphic novelist from Melbourne, Australia, currently living in Montreal, Canada. Lee Lai is is a cartoonist and graphic novelist from Melbourne, Australia, currently living in Montreal, Canada. Taking a leap of faith, each opens up to their respective sister and learns that they have more in common with their siblings than they ever knew. Stone Fruit Lee Lai This is an excerpt from Stone Fruit by Lee Lai, out with Fantagraphics.

As their emotional intimacy erodes, Ray and Bron turn to repair their broken family ties. Their bi-weekly playdates are little oases of wildness, joy, and ease in daily lives that ping-pong between familial tensions and isolation. Stone Fruit is an ode to the love and connection shared between sisters.īron and Ray are a queer couple who enjoy their role as the fun weirdo aunties for Ray’s niece Nessie. At the age of 27, Lai has created one of the most sophisticated graphic novel debuts in recent memory. Lee Lai is one of the most exciting new voices to break into the comics medium. People’s History of the Marvel Universeįantagraphics has announced the 2021 publication of Stone Fruitby debut cartoonist Lee Lai.

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