So begins the wrenching diary of minnie goetze, a fifteenyearold girl longing for love and acceptance and struggling with her own precocious sexuality. It is notable for its hybrid form, composed of both prose and comics passages, each contributing to the narrative. An account in words and pictures by phoebe gloeckner. Acclaimed cartoonist and author phoebe gloeckner serves up a deft blend of visual and verbal narrative in her complex presentation of a pivotal year in a girls life, recounted in diary pages and illustrations, with full narrative sequences in comics form. Minor spoilers marielle hellers the diary of a teenage girl is one of the best depictions of teenage girl sexuality thats ever been on screen.
The diary of a teenage girl avoids the voyeurism that threatens any film about a young girls sexuality by burying itself in minnies sensibility. Phoebe gloeckner wrote a graphic novel 12 years ago called the diary of a teenage girl. Phoebe gloeckners diary of a teenage girl is an account in words and pictures of minnie, a fifteenyearold who is having an affair with monroe, a 35yearold man who is also her mothers lover. Phoebe gloeckners raging hormones at 3ld the new york times. Diary of a teenage girl by phoebe gloeckner phoebe gloeckners work is hard to read. The diary of a teenage girl 2015 directed by marielle. An unflinching coming of age story of a young girls.
Although the things that happen to her are actually traumatic, minnie doesnt necessarily see it that way. Download diary of a teenage girl 5 book series pdf ebook. The 2015 film of the same name is based on the graphic novel, and written and directed by marielle heller. The diary of a teenage girl npr coverage of the diary of a teenage girl. In 2015, cbldf was involved in a confidential challenge against the graphic novel over its sexual content, and our efforts kept the book on shelves. The diary of a teenage girl, revised edition by phoebe. Based on phoebe gloeckners graphic novel of the same name, bel powley stars as minnie, a 15yearold aspiring comic book artist who lives with her mom, charlotte kristen wiig, and younger halfsister in 1970s san francisco.
Drawn from life bitch media bitch media bitch media. The diary of a teenage girl a fine adaptation of phoebe gloeckners autobiographical novel about a sexually precocious 1970s adolescence. Within the fictional diary of a teenage girl, sixteenyrprevious caitlin oconner reveals the internal workings of a woman caught between childhood and womanhood an empty life with out christ and a significant one with him. Flipping through the pages of phoebe gloeckners 2002 graphic novel, the diary of a teenage girl, youll find a juxtaposition of damaging comingofage experiences with innocent relics of girlhood. An account in words and pictures i cried because there are those of them who are just as intelligent as ricky wasserman or arnie greenwald or yael berg and just because of circumstance, they turn out so horribly. The recipient of an inkpot award 2000 and a guggenheim fellowship 2008, gloeckner. Minnies diary details the loss of her virginity to. Set in late 70s san francisco, the story of minnie unfolds chaotically and tumultuously. Minnie goetze, the 15yearold heroine of the diary of a teenage girl, is a wouldbe cartoonist who, despite her first name, is closer in lusty spirit and scratchy pen to robert crumb than. Long before lena dunham brought her groundbreaking depiction of the sexual life of postcollege girls to hbo, phoebe gloeckner shocked audiences with her novel, diary of a teenage girl. The whole book is written as though it was the diary of a troubled, drugaddled, sexually promiscuous teenage girl, only the situation is complex she is full of teen angst, but she is.
Even if not every teenager goes through this exact experience i didnt go. In this unusual novel, artist and writer phoebe gloeckner presents a pivotal year in a girls life, recounted in diary pages and illustrations, with full narrative sequences in comics formmore. Bookslut diary of a teenage girl by phoebe gloeckner. And its just an incredibly honest version of what it is to be a teenager, told from the perspective of a teenager. An account in words and pictures phoebe gloeckner, author. The diary of a teenage girl is the kind of film sundance prays for every year. Phoebe gloeckners comics first appeared in underground publications when she was in her teens. This edition has been updated by the author with an introduction reflecting on the books critical reception and value as diary or novel, historical document or work of art.
Like the book on which its based, the movie version of the diary of a teenage girl contains a scene at a midnight screening of the rocky horror picture show. Diary also derives its power from the shock of recognition. I had just finished the amazing fun home by alison bechdel, and while it was clear this book would be very differentthere is something intriguing about the childhood of an aspiring female cartoonist. An account in words and pictures is a diaristic graphic novel by author and artist phoebe gloeckner. When she finds out she is pregnant, sixteenyearold phoebe tries to find a w.
Phoebe gloeckner talks about the first time she saw the stageversion of her novel, diary of a teenage girl, soon to be a feature length film. First published in 2002, the book has been called autobiography or semiautobiography. Phoebe gloeckner on whether her novel is autobiographical duration. The diary of a teenage girl is a 2015 american comedydrama film written and directed by marielle heller, based on the hybrid novel of the same name by phoebe gloeckner. Writerdirector marielle heller unlocks this diary with. After the togetherness of the 60s faded into the hedonism of the 70s, gloeckners protagonist minnie, a thinly veiled version of the author, finds herself growing up in san francisco. Meet phoebe gloeckner, author of the diary of a teenage girl.
As far as 1970s counterculture references are concerned, that glammedup paean to letting your freak flag fly couldnt be more apt. A largely autobiographical graphic novel written by phoebe gloeckner, the diary of a teenage girl follows 15yearold minnie goetzes exploration of drugs and sexuality in san francisco during the 1970s, as told through her own diary entries. Phoebe gloeckner on reopening the diary of a teenage girl. Nor is gloeckner impossibly erudite, ponderous, or dull. The book is an interesting read and i would overall recommend it to anyone who likes coming. Its now a movie starring kristen wiig, and it came out this weekend. The diary of a teenage girl by phoebe gloeckner, frog books of north atlantic books, first published in 2002.
The diary of a teenage girl written by marielle heller. An unflinching coming of age story of a young girls experiences with sex, drugs, and neglect, in 1970s san francisco, diary of a teenage girl has. The diary of a teenage girl is an adaptation of phoebe gloeckners book about an unsupervised 15yearold drifting through the druggy, polysexual bay area of the 1970s. It stars bel powley as a 15yearold girl who becomes sexually active by starting a relationship with her mothers boyfriend. Gloeckners diary of a teenage girl is a startling portrait of a young girl caught between childhood and adulthood during the death throes of the sexual revolution. An account in words and pictures by phoebe gloeckner 3,867 ratings, 3. But its not a trauma novel either, as the author herself says in the forward.
The diary of a teenage girl is sort of a hybrid novel. See more ideas about novels, teen projects and comic face. A teen artist living in 1970s san francisco enters into. The diary of a teenage girl quotes by phoebe gloeckner. Illustrations of a typical 1970s girls worlda bedroom strewn with clothes and records, doodles of french vocab words, and sketches of candysit alongside an adolescent girl shooting meth. Which is not to say that she is inaccessible, because she isnt. Phoebe by patricia dizenzo meet your next favorite book.
The diary of a teenage girl phoebe gloeckner x marielle. She is the author of the critically acclaimed works a childs life and other stories and the diary of a teenage girl, as well as the illustrator of the annotated edition of j. Acclaimed cartoonist and author phoebe gloeckner serves up a deft blend of visual and verbal narrative in her complex presentation of a pivotal year in a girl s life, recounted in diary pages and illustrations, with full narrative sequences in comics form. The diary of a teenage girl is based on phoebe gloeckners novel of the same name, hailed by salon as one of the most brutally honest, shocking, tender and beautiful portrayals of growing up female in america. The diary of a teenage girl literary arts blogspace. The diary of a teenage girl offers a searing comment on adult society as seen though the eyes of a young woman on the verge of joining it. Phoebe gloeckners the diary of a teenage girl stood out. Based on her own diaries growing up as a teenager in san francisco in the 1970s, diary tells the unflinching story of a young girls initiation into sex and drugs, beginning with an affair with her mothers. She is the author of the critically acclaimed works a childs life and other stories and the diary of a teenage girl, as well as the illustrator of the annotated edition of. Gloeckners the diary of a teenage girl has faced strong scrutiny both as a book and as a critically acclaimed film. I havent read much throughout the past month, but i am about half way through the diary of a teenage girl by phoebe gloeckner. Her knees part slowly, opening seductively, exposing a hairy crotch, the pencil lines of the pubic hair going in every direction.
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