2 Years: A Satirical Peace Corps Graphic Novel Based on Mars Contributor(s): Smith, Barney (Author) |
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ISBN: 1720868336 ISBN-13: 9781720868330 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $17.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Comics & Graphic Novels | Science Fiction |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 7.99" W x 10" (1.06 lbs) 238 pages |
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Publisher Description: 2 Years is a graphic novel that satirizes the peace corps experience in a way that peace corps volunteers and others can relate. Follow john, a truce corps volunteer who has been posted in telafi, the poorest territory on mars with about a dozen other volunteers. He will struggle in learning how to speak the local language, eat local food, and taking local transport; until he eventually makes the village he is posted in a second home. Despite all the challenges he will face, the hardest part about the entire experience is leaving after his 2 Year commitment ends. Smith is able to capture the humor, stress, and poignancy of the peace corps experience in a unique and entertaining way that anyone will find enjoyable. |