Generations

By Flavia Biondi

2015

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144

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4H22M

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After three years in Milan, Matteo returns home to the provincial country town where he was born and from which he had fled. Coming out as a young gay man in a provincial country town had led to ugly clashes with his conservative father, and the urban metropolis of Milan had been a welcome change from the stifling small town life of his childhood and the anger and bewilderment of some members of his family. But now, Matteo finds himself with little choice but to return home, with no money, no job, and an uncertain future, like so many other young people of his millennial generation. Afraid of encountering his estranged father, he instead takes refuge with his extended family, at a house shared by his grandmother, three aunts, and his very pregnant cousin. As he tries to rebuild his life, reconnecting with the women of his family and old hometown friends, he warily confronts a few truths about the other generations of his family-from their bigotry to their love, and tolerance, and acceptance-and a few truths about himself, including his fears of confrontation and commitment.

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Author

Flavia Biondi

Author · 10 books

Flavia Biondi nasce a Castelfiorentino (FI) nel 1988. Fin da sempre appassionata alle storie che raccontano le vicende del quotidiano lavora ai suoi fumetti tutti incentrati su personaggi all’apparenza modesta ma dal grande cuore. Dopo il diploma artistico e la laurea triennale presso L’accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna in Fumetto e Illustrazione collabora con varie etichette di autoproduzione. Nel 2012 assieme a sette colleghi “accademici” fonda l’etichetta Manticora Autoproduzioni che pubblica la sua prima antologia, Sindrome, l’anno stesso. Dopo esser stata segnalata dal concorso Komikazen 2011 collabora con la casa editrice Renbooks alla realizzazione del suo primo volume, Barba di Perle, che vede la luce nel dicembre 2012. Con Manticora nel 2013 realizza Tenebre, storia dalle tinte scure, realizzata assieme al collega Francesco de Stena, e partecipa alla seconda antologia del gruppo, Feral Children (2014) con una storia sui bambini selvaggi. Sempre nel 2014 per Renbooks pubblica L'orgoglio di Leone, graphic novel a tema LGBT ambientata fra Siena, Roma e Genova. Nel 2015, per i tipi di Bao Publishing, pubblica il graphic novel La generazione.