Us Two Together
Us Two Together by Ephameron is a graphic novel published by Pennsylvania State University Press in 2019, featuring 232 pages in English. This beautifully illustrated work chronicles the author’s father’s struggle with early-onset primary progressive aphasia (PPA), a rare form of dementia that gradually impairs his ability to communicate and coordinate his thoughts and actions.
Readers will find a poignant exploration of family dynamics and the challenges of caregiving as Ephameron uses a sequence of paper collage illustrations layered with text to depict her father’s decline. The narrative employs compositional techniques that blend image and rhythm to convey the emotional weight of the experience, framing the harsh realities of illness within a personal context. This edition presents a unique perspective on dementia, highlighting both the emotional and physical impacts on individuals and their families.
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In this beautifully illustrated graphic novel, now translated into English from Dutch, artist Ephameron chronicles her father’s losing battle with early-onset primary progressive aphasia (PPA)–a rare form of dementia that advanced slowly and left him unable to speak or to coordinate his thoughts and actions.
A moving sequence of paper collage illustrations layered under text depicts Ephameron’s father’s decline and her family’s experience of caring for him. Compositional techniques combined with image, rhythm, and narrative work both to convey emotion and to frame illness in its context. Unlike other portrayals of dementia, Ephameron’s does not shy away from portraying the brutality of the disease. Us Two Together is a poetic and melancholic depiction of how dementia slowly disintegrates a body.
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