Parallel

"In Parallel, Matthias Lehmann masterfully portrays a man who is caught between the quest to belong and to live out his desires and feelings so vividly and impressively that one understands his protagonist in all of his contradictions." - Reinhard Kleist, author of The Boxer "Lehmann’s gorgeous black-and-white artwork establishes the melancholy tone with its depiction of bombed-out cities and gray East German streetscapes. A somber, compassionate remembrance of life in the closet." - Kirkus Reviews   Writer and artist: Matthias Lehmann Karl Kling's story is one of revelations, and these he has addressed in a letter to his daughter, Hella, who had disowned Karl many years ago. Karl's letter is a cri de coeur from a father to a daughter he never really got to know, and he comes clean to her about his failed marriages, his fractured family relations--and his love for men. Taking place between the end of World War II and the 1980s, Parallel chronicles Karl's efforts to comply with social