Steve Tomasula Boeken

Exploring the quest for identity and representation, the narrative intertwines the lives of a desert nomad, a Renaissance artist, a psychoanalyst, and contemporary image-makers. Each character grapples with their origins and aspirations, seeking to inscribe their existence through art and connection. The book blends writing and images, creating a postmodern epic that examines the human desire to define oneself across different eras, culminating in a collective portrait shaped by individual yearnings and societal reflections.

A manga artist who is afraid that she herself is slipping into a cartoon version of life, a lab technician who makes art with the cloning technology she uses at work, a sociologist hunting for the gene that makes some people want to take risks - these are some of the characters that populate the stories in Once Human.