A mesmerizing, heartbreaking graphic novel of immigrant life on New York's Lower East Side at the turn of the 20th-century, as seen through the eyes of twin sisters whose lives take radically and tragically different paths. In drawings that capture both the tumult and the telling details of that life, Unterzakhn (Yiddish for 'Underthings') tells the story of sisters Esther and Fanya: from wide-eyed little girls to adults battling for their own piece of the 'golden land,' where each of them much make painful decisions that will have unavoidably tragic repercussions. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 06/06/14
By Corman, Leela. Artist Corman, Leela. Cover by Corman, Leela.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 24,95
Prezzo HoVistoCose: EUR 22,51
Pagina del Previews (MAY/2014): 398
Data di uscita: 18/06/14
Final Order Cutoff: 06/06/14 (se ordinato entro questa data - un paio di giorni prima per permetterci di ordinarlo - le possibilitĂ che l'ordine verrĂ soddisfatto sono molto alte)
The author of the Eisner-nominated graphic novel Unterzakhn now gives us a heart-wrenching, phantasmagorical tale of love, loss, and trauma both personal and global, set during World War II in Brooklyn, New York, and in the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. One of a group of women working as welders in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Rose Arensberg has fallen in love with a disabled veteran while awaiting the return of her husband, Sam, a soldier in the American army serving in Europe. As we follow the bittersweet, heartbreaking stories of Rose and her fellow Rosie-the-Riveters, we're immersed in the day-to-day challenges of life on the home front as seen through the eyes of these resilient women, as well as through the eyes of Eleanor, Rose's impressionable young daughter, and Ruth, the German Jewish refugee Rose has taken into their home. Ruth's desperate attempt to exorcise the nightmare of growing up in pre-war Nazi Germany takes her into the world of professional women wrestlers-with devastating consequences. And Sam's encounters with the horrors of a liberated concentration camp follow him home to Brooklyn in the form of terrifying flashbacks that will leave him scarred forever. Victory Parade paints a deeply affecting portrait of how individuals and civilizations process mass trauma. Magnificently drawn by Leela Corman, it's an Expressionist journey through the battlefields of the human heart and the mass graves of genocide. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 10/03/24
By Corman, Leela. Artist Corman, Leela.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 29,00
Prezzo HoVistoCose: EUR 26,17
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Pagina del Previews (FEB/2024): 375
Data di uscita: 03/04/24
Final Order Cutoff: 10/03/24 (se ordinato entro questa data - un paio di giorni prima per permetterci di ordinarlo - le possibilitĂ che l'ordine verrĂ soddisfatto sono molto alte)
A mesmerizing, heartbreaking graphic novel of immigrant life on New York's Lower East Side at the turn of the 20th-century, as seen through the eyes of twin sisters whose lives take radically and tragically different paths. In drawings that capture both the tumult and the telling details of that life, Unterzakhn (Yiddish for 'Underthings') tells the story of sisters Esther and Fanya: as wide-eyed little girls absorbing the sights and sounds of a neighborhood of struggling immigrants; as teenagers taking their own tentative steps into the wider world; and, finally, as adults battling for their own piece of the 'golden land,' where the difference between just barely surviving and triumphantly succeeding involves, for each of them, painful decisions that will have unavoidably tragic repercussions. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 03/02/12
By Corman, Leela. Artist Corman, Leela. Cover by Corman, Leela.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 24,95
Prezzo HoVistoCose: EUR 22,51
Pagina del Previews (JAN/2012): 327
Data di uscita: 11/04/12 (può ritardare di 60 giorni)
Final Order Cutoff: 03/02/12 (se ordinato entro questa data - un paio di giorni prima per permetterci di ordinarlo - le possibilitĂ che l'ordine verrĂ soddisfatto sono molto alte)
Ben Katchor illuminates the events and ideas that led to the proliferation of the dairy restaurant in New York City. He begins with Adam entering Eden and eating the fruits therein then examines ancient protocols for offerings to the gods and the kosher milk-meat taboo. He describes the first vegetarian practice, the invention of the restaurant, the rise of food fads, and the intersection between culinary practice and radical politics. He offers an encyclopedic directory of dairy restaurants that once thrived in New York City and its environs, evoked by illustrations of classified advertisements, matchbooks, menus, and phone directory listings. And he recalls his own experiences in many of these unique restaurants just before they disappeared. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 31/01/20
By Katchor, Ben. Artist Katchor, Ben. Cover by Katchor, Ben.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 29,95
Prezzo HoVistoCose: EUR 27,02
Pagina del Previews (JAN/2020): 340
Data di uscita: 11/03/20
Final Order Cutoff: 31/01/20 (se ordinato entro questa data - un paio di giorni prima per permetterci di ordinarlo - le possibilitĂ che l'ordine verrĂ soddisfatto sono molto alte)