A review by joshgauthier
Daytripper by Gabriel Bá, Fábio Moon
5.0
Every life is full of possibility, and every story comes to an end. With "Daytripper," Moon and Bá have created a moving, philosophical book about stories, about beginnings and endings, about life itself. Told though a collage of episodes, "Daytripper" defies genre classification just as it defies holding to a single, definite narrative. But rather than being weakened by its openness, "Daytripper" brings its central character and the reader to a place where the absolute truth of the narrative does not matter. It is a story about love and loss, hope and fear, success and failure; it is a story about possibility.
Through presenting the often quiet moments of life, Moon and Bá bring the philosophical ideas of the story firmly into the understandable reality of daily life--into some of the most beautiful and terrible moments that we experience as humans. Through travel, work, love, loss, birth, death, family, dreams--"Daytripper" achieves something universal through its examination of one man's life and the lives of those connected to him.
It is unique in style, but intimate and real at its core. The story is beautiful and sad, funny and hopeful and melancholy all at once. It celebrates the power of words and works to embody what our lives are, and all that they can be.
Through presenting the often quiet moments of life, Moon and Bá bring the philosophical ideas of the story firmly into the understandable reality of daily life--into some of the most beautiful and terrible moments that we experience as humans. Through travel, work, love, loss, birth, death, family, dreams--"Daytripper" achieves something universal through its examination of one man's life and the lives of those connected to him.
It is unique in style, but intimate and real at its core. The story is beautiful and sad, funny and hopeful and melancholy all at once. It celebrates the power of words and works to embody what our lives are, and all that they can be.