“Like a Reagan-era Ice Storm, Emily Schultz’s novel Joyland captures the confusion of adolescent sexuality in a tangle of pixelated icons via the video-game generation. Set in the summer of 1984, this book will have you thinking twice about the video-game generation and the power of pining and Pac-Man.” – Flare
BackLit bonus material includes an alternate ending and an authorinterview.
Emily Schultz is a writer living in Toronto and New York. She is also the author of the novel Heaven Is Small, the short story collection Black Coffee Night, and the Trillium award–nominated collection of poems Songs for the Dancing Chicken (ECW Press, 2007). Nate Powell’s recent work includes Any Empire and Swallow Me Whole (Eisner Award winner for Best Graphic Novel, LA Times Book Prize Finalist, and Ignatz Award winner). He lives in Bloomington, IN.
Published: September 2011
ISBN: 9781770410336
Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 in.
Pages: 295