The Fountain

I've been meaning to write about this book for ages, it's a graphic novel by the director Darren Aronofsky who did Requiem for a Dream and PI which are both awesome films and the artist Kent Williams.

The artwork isn't for everyone but I love it, fans of old school super hero style comic artists like Jack Kirby might not like it, as it's artwork seems to be done with ink and paint in a loose and energetic way.
The novel has also been adapted into a film starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz, I thought it was going to be shit, as I couldn't really imagine the meanings in the book transferring easily to film, but it worked, at least I thought it did, and it's worth a watch.

There's a past present and future in the story, the past being an attack on a Mayan sacred temple by 16th century Spanish troops , the present is a happy couple who are torn apart by cancer, and the future is more of a symbolic place where the lead character is trapped in space with the tree of life, and has taken it upon himself to preserve however by doing this is killing it.

It all sounds a bit mental but you get it when you read it, and the good thing is you can read it in about 2 hours. I think the main point of the novel is coming to terms and accepting death, the protagonist trys to avoid death only to realise that he wants to die and that death is a release.
Anyway, read it.