A small release for her frustrations, the shoplifting seems to allow her a modicum of control insight into the abilities currently left dormant and untapped. Nothing major only magazines, slipped between the sheets of her regular newspaper- but she's got her routine and attitude down pat: confidence, an assured manner. Corrina is a would-be writer who has been working for an ad agency for five years. Amidst all this quiet bubbling, Corinna's taken to stealing. In Shoplifter, Michael Cho’s careful rendering of the spaces his character Corrina occupies turn her various environments domestic, work, and streetscape into a demonstration of her growing alienation, long before she can express it in words. Worst of all, she's become almost apathetic to her situation - ground down by the inevitability of it all, a disaffection that's seeped into other areas of her life: going out with friends and appearing okay is a task, her manager at work has picked up on her lack of concentration, asking her to decide what it is she wants. In comics, hes done covers for Marvel and DC, and his first graphic novel, Shoplifter, was published by Pantheon and debuted on the New York Times Bestseller.

But it's been a few years, she's still in that same 'this is just temporary' job mode, and she's not written anything in a long time. He has drawn stories for books such as Batman Black and White for DC and X-Men First. Upon leaving university Corrina decided to get a job that would pay her way while she focused on her writing in her spare time. Michael Cho is a freelance cartoonist/illustrator based in Toronto. As in his previous book, Back Alleys and Urban Landscapes, the city becomes. Corrina Park is a literature graduate who's ended up in an advertising job, when what she really wanted to do was write. Shoplifter ebook By Michael Cho Read a Sample Format ebook ISBN 9780307911735 Author Michael Cho Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Release 02 September 2014 Subjects Comic and Graphic Books Literature Find this title in Libby, the library reading app by OverDrive. Cho is a subtle storyteller, setting Shoplifter in a city reminiscent of Toronto, although it remains unnamed.

Shoplifter by Michael Cho