Vertigo: A Novel in Woodcuts #[nn]

Lynd Ward’s Vertigo: A Novel in Woodcuts presents a haunting, wordless narrative in The Girl, a stark and powerful tale of urban isolation and moral descent. Through Ward’s masterful woodcut illustrations—both drawn and inked by him—the story follows a boy’s quiet unraveling after a parting from a girl, his descent into desperation, and a final, melancholy reunion on a spiraling roller coaster. A striking early example of the graphic novel form, this 1937 work captures a world of silent suffering, rendered with haunting precision.