JUDY KARASIK

We looked like a cup of human fruit cocktail dumped onto the top of the house, each piece different but all out of the same can.So begins a book unlike any other, half comics and half text, about a family that lives with autism -- and the strange life that is ordinary to them.The oldest son, David, recites Superman episodes as he walks around the living room. A late-night family poker game spirals into a fog-driven duel. A thug from an old black-and-white rerun crawls out of the television. A housekeeper transforms into an avenging angel. A broken plate signals a terrible change in the family that none of them can prevent...until its too late.This groundbreaking work was excerpted in The New York Times for its ability to honestly, eloquently, and respectfully set forth what life is like with autism in the family. What sets The Ride Together apart is its combination of imagination and realism -- its vision of a familys inner world -- with David at the center.

Mitad libro, mitad cómic El viaje juntos es un brillante experimento formal: la historia de un hermano autista narrada en un estilo tan inusual como el tema del que se ocupa. Un notable retrato de una familia diferente a traves de las experiencias vividas por sus dos autores, los hermanos Karasik, Judy, a cargo de la narracion escrita, y Paul, de la narracion grafica. Una mirada dura, sincera y conmovedora sobre el funcionamiento de la familia.Uno de los mejores libros del año. The Comic Journal