Learning to Fear
German, Edition Moderne, 2023
Nando von Arb tells episodic stories about different experiences of fear. Although based on personal experience, the ease with which the reader can identify with the stories makes them universal, too. Nando von Arb discusses fear of the dark, of loneliness, illness, death… but often, the superficial fear seems to be more like a symptom of a much deeper, different fear.
In his unmistakable, vibrant and technically diverse style, von Arb invites readers into a (nightmarishly) colourful world where they come upon strong, surprising imagery of what lies between the lines.
- Title
- Fürchten lernen
- Publisher
- Edition Moderne
- Translation rights
- Sarah Lapalu (eddy agency), sarah@eddy-agency.com
- Publication date
- 2023
- Pages
- 428
- ISBN
- 978-3-03731-256-8
- Awards
- Max and Moritz Prize 2024: Best German-language comic – Cultural Award of the City of Zurich 2023 in the literature category – Comic scholarship from the German-speaking cities of Switzerland 2023 – Nominated for the Swiss Children’s and Youth Book Prize 2024 – Nominated for the Prix Délémont’ BD 2024: Best Swiss Album
Author
Nando von Arb
*1992, lives and works in Zurich. He has been a trained graphic designer since 2012. In 2018 he completed his bachelor’s degree in fiction illustration at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Art. In 2020 he completed his master’s degree in illustration at the LUCA School of Arts in Ghent, Belgium. His first graphic novel Drei Vater (Three Fathers, Edition Moderne, 2019) was awarded the Swiss Children’s and Young People’s Book Prize 2020, a recognition grant from the Department of Culture of the Canton of Zurich, and a prize from the zeugindesign Foundation. His second book Fürchten lernen (Learning to Fear) was published in autumn 2023.
Photo: ©: Nando von Arb
