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Sshhh!

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Wow.

A crow in a hat. Invisible coffee. A flute. Black and white. No words. Plenty of comedy. Plenty of akwardness. A reflection of pure human truth.

Long moments of meloncholy and desperation sprinkled with just enough happiness to make it special. A crow you will feel for.

Seriously.

I picked this book up at the library becuase I had read "you can't get there from here" and liked it. This book does that one one better, by being entirely without words (as opposed to having the one scene with words). It tells 10 stories about a crow in a hat, from him getting a girlfriend, to getting a son to losing a girlfriend to dying to becoming invisible. It's amazing how powerful the stories can be without words, though characters sometimes appear dispassionate or phlegmatic, and sometimes it's hard to figure out what's going on. My favorite is the one where the croiw gets dumped and spends the rest of the story fantasizing about getting his girlfriend back. I know from personal experience how irritating and painful this process can be, and I'm sure many others will as well.

I bought this as it came highly recommended from a couple of sources. While some of the sources are nice, some are too simplistic or could do with a touch of brevity. There is perhaps nothing highly original or extremely striking about this collection. I would recommend reading a few stories before you decide to buy it!