
Jerusalem
A Family Portrait
Boaz Yakin(Author)
First Second (Publisher)
Published on 16. April 2013
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-1-59643-575-9 (ISBN)
Description
Jerusalem is a sweeping, epic work that follows a single family-three generations and fifteen very different people - as they are swept up in chaos, war, and nation-making from 1940-1948. Faith, family, and politics are the heady mix that fuel this ambitious, cinematic graphic novel. With Jerusalem, author-filmmaker Boaz Yakin turns his finely-honed storytelling skills to a topic near to his heart: Yakin's family lived in Palestine during this period and were caught up in the turmoil of war just as his characters are. This is a personal work, but it is not a book with a political axe to grind. Rather, it seeks to tell the stories of a huge cast of memorable characters as they wrestle with a time when nothing was clear and no path was smooth.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Milford
United States
Publishing group
Roaring Brook Press
Illustrations
black & white illustrations throughout
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-59643-575-9 (9781596435759)
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