Scenes from the Life of Roz Chast
The cartoonist has created a universe of spidery lines and nervous spaces, turning anxious truth-telling into an authoritative art, Adam Gopnik writes.
She has created a universe that stands at sharp angles from the one we know, being both distinctly hers and recognizably ours: scuffed-up apartments, grimy walls, round-shouldered men perched on ratty armchairs.