Asterios Polyp Hardcover – 7 July 2009

It's a beautiful book about love, life, human ego and fate. The lead characters are portrayed with so much lucidity that you feel they're someone close to you. It is not, however, a very fast-paced or eventful story. It is subtle, dwelling in details, poignant and absolutely endearing. The narrative is masterfully handled in a non-linear form of story-telling, and the artwork is admirable (I simply loved the lines!).The average reader might find Asterios Polyp a little abstruse but the even the slightly intellectual one would fall in love with it.

best graphic novel

This is the most magnificent graphic novel I've ever read! Buy it without a second thought.

It's such a beautiful book, the drawings, the story ... everything is so well done and created ...it's inovative and smart ...... just loved it, it took me ages to end it ... because i wanted to make the amazing experience of read and "taste" it last as long as i could, now that i've end it ... i already miss it ... ;)It's a must haveRui from Portugal

I really like the art styles in the story, and how the story was presented. I wasn't greatly interested in the story. Just not my type of thing.Edit: I used this book as a reference to examine, compare and contrast muiltple times in university so 10/10.

With clever storytelling, innovative and exciting artwork, intelligent and thought-provoking ideas, AP is one of the best books I've read in a long time. The ending is a real kicker. It's hard to believe that this is Mazzucchelli's first full-length work. Buy it now.

To call it a comic is very limited. To call it a novel too. Takes the best of both and combines it with great inspiration to give us this book.

One of the best, without a doubt. Buy it!