# Graphic Novelist Peter Kuper on "Ruins"

Graphic novelist Peter Kuper discusses his book, "Ruins," which follows the story of Samantha and George, a couple on sabbatical in the Mexican town of Oaxaca. For Samantha, it is an opportunity to revisit her past while writing her book. For George, it is an anxious step into the unknown. Woven into the story is the remarkable and arduous journey that a monarch butterfly makes on its annual migration from Canada to Mexico. This juxtaposition creates a parallel picture of the challenges of survival in an ever-changing world.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2015
- By: Library Of Congress
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689917/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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