In a lonely house by the sea, a woman is haunted by ghosts unseen and memories unspoken.<\/p>\n
In the aftermath of a devastating loss, J\u00falia\u00a0finds herself living with her unemployed brother Joel in their grandmother’s beach house, uncertain of what comes next. J\u00falia\u00a0tries to convince her family and friends that she’s doing just fine, but when her nascent garden plot is destroyed one night, J\u00falia\u00a0becomes obsessed with finding the culprit… A mongoose whose existence no one else seems to believe in.<\/p>\n
A powerful tale of grief from one of Europe’s most exciting young talents,\u00a0The Mongoose<\/i>\u00a0is a stunning, formally-inventive graphic novel in the vein of Nick Drnaso’s\u00a0Sabrina<\/i>\u00a0and Richard McGuire’s\u00a0Here<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Publishers Weekly<\/i>\u00a02025 Adult Comics & Graphic Novels Preview Selection Winner of the Jorge Magalh\u00e3es Award for Outstanding Story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a lonely house by the sea, a woman is haunted by ghosts unseen and memories unspoken. In the aftermath of a devastating loss, J\u00falia\u00a0finds herself living with her unemployed brother Joel in their grandmother’s beach house, uncertain of what comes next. J\u00falia\u00a0tries to convince her family and friends that she’s doing just fine, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":25120,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[271],"product_tag":[357,308,358],"class_list":{"0":"post-25116","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"wc_square_synced-yes","7":"product_cat-comic","8":"product_tag-grief","9":"product_tag-mental-health","10":"product_tag-portugal","11":"product_shipping_class-format-standard-en","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"taxable","16":"shipping-taxable","17":"purchasable","18":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"language":"en","other_language_products":[23711],"authors":[{"author_title":22411,"is_custom_job_title":false,"job_titles":[]}],"total_pages":170,"isbn":"978-2-925114-47-5","release_date":"20251014","other_release_dates":null,"has_product_excerpt":true,"button_excerpt_position":"right","accent_color":"#00A1D5","awards":[{"content":"Winner \u2013 Jorge Magalh\u00e3es Award for Outstanding Story"}],"comments":[{"content":"\"Mosi\u00a0thoughtfully and compassionately<\/b>\u00a0follows Julia\u2019s halting journey through the stages of\u00a0grief and mourning<\/b>, coming to terms with difficult emotions, and learning how to unpack the symbolism that only comes with overwhelming preoccupation, brain fog, and loss.\u00a0A poignant portrait of mourning, grief, and recovery<\/b>.\"","credit_group":{"content":"Vi Kwartler,\u00a0Booklist\u00a0(Starred Review)","link":"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/products\/9806491","is_external_link":true}},{"content":"\"One of the\u00a0best meditations on grief that I've read in a decade<\/b>,\u00a0The Mongoose<\/i>... is\u00a0transcendent<\/b>: sad, funny, smart, meaningful, and\u00a0with quiet, stunning emotional power<\/b>.\"","credit_group":{"content":"Leonard Pierce, The Comics Journal (Best Comics of 2025)","link":"https:\/\/www.tcj.com\/the-best-comics-of-2025-as-chosen-by-our-contributors\/","is_external_link":true}},{"content":"\"In the conversation for\u00a0best of the year<\/b>...\u00a0darkly funny<\/b>... and increasingly\u00a0tender and sad<\/b>. Mosi avoids easy answers, or grand epiphanies, and\u00a0roots the story in the real<\/b>.\u201d","credit_group":{"content":"Dave Buesing, Comic Book Herald (Best Comics of 2025)","link":"https:\/\/www.comicbookherald.com\/the-best-comics-of-2025\/","is_external_link":true}},{"content":"\"An\u00a0affecting character study\u00a0<\/b>of a teacher whose grief collides with the wildlife invading an unnamed coastal suburb in Portugal...\u00a0a generous and perceptive portrait of displaced grief<\/b>.\"","credit_group":{"content":"Publishers Weekly","link":"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/9782925114475","is_external_link":false}},{"content":"\"The Mongoose<\/em> is a beautiful meditation on love and loss<\/strong>.\"","credit_group":{"content":"Heather Leighton, The Comics Journal","link":"https:\/\/www.tcj.com\/reviews\/the-mongoose\/","is_external_link":true}},{"content":"\"With its pictogram-like graphic approach, reminiscent of Chris Ware's strips, this\u00a0deeply moving book<\/b>\u00a0is... read through silences, unspoken words, ellipses, and unadorned lines.\"","credit_group":{"content":"Jean-Dominic Leduc,\u00a0Les Libraires","link":"https:\/\/revue.leslibraires.ca\/chroniques\/bande-dessinee\/traduction-en-cases\/","is_external_link":true}},{"content":"\"A\u00a0touching and intelligent book<\/b>, tackling with finesse a delicate subject that is admirably conveyed in her drawings.\"","credit_group":{"content":"Jean-Charles Andrieu de Levis,\u00a0ActuaLitt\u00e9","link":"https:\/\/actualitte.com\/article\/116100\/chroniques\/le-deuil-a-faire-une-mangouste-et-ca-repart","is_external_link":true}},{"content":"\"Disarmingly simple yet\u00a0formidably effective<\/b>.\"","credit_group":{"content":"Mathieu Roy,\u00a0BDQG","link":"https:\/\/bdqg.blog\/2023\/03\/24\/la-mangouste\/","is_external_link":true}}],"video_gallery":null},"yoast_head":"\n
\nThe Comics Journal<\/em> Best Comics of 2025
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