After three years in Milan, Matteo returns home to the provincial country town where he was born and from which he had fled. Coming out as a young gay man in a provincial country town had led to ugly clashes with his conservative father, and the urban metropolis of Milan had been a welcome change from the stifling small town life of his childhood and the anger and bewilderment of some members of his family. But now, Matteo finds himself with little choice but to return home, with no money, no job, and an uncertain future, like so many other young people of his millennial generation. Afraid of encountering his estranged father, he instead take more
Originally published in Italian as La Generazione, Flavia Biondi's Generations is an incredible story of familial struggles across lines of generation, gender, and orientation. Read Full Review
There's a lot to absorb in this graphic novel, and it's a safe bet that readers will leave it feeling like it was about so much more than another coming out story. Those stories are deeply important, still, and that's living here. But the framework of the larger world and sense of history that story slides into with Generations is impressive to contemplate and moving to experience. Take a shot at experiencing it with Matteo. You won't be sorry. Read Full Review
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