palimpsest documents from a korean adoption

Sjöblom’s ‘Palimpsest’ Is Visually Unlike Most Graphic Memoirs

Sjöblom’s ‘Palimpsest’ Is Visually Unlike Most Graphic Memoirs

The title of Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom's graphic memoir, Palimpsest, is an excellent metaphor for adoption generally and especially the literally erased and rewritten documents that define many Korean adoptions. But it is also a visual metaphor.