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1 volume : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 37 cm
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English
Description
The creator of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus reflects on the comics form and its influence on his life and art as he traces his evolution from comics obsessed boy to a neurotic adult exploring the effects of his parents' memories of Auschwitz on his own son, in a volume that includes a facsimile of Breakdowns, the artist's comics from the 1970s.
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xxviii, 309 pages : portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Almost ninety children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors -- theologians, scholars, spiritual leaders, authors, artists, political and community leaders and media personalities -- from sixteen countries on six continents reflect on how the memories transmitted to them have affected their lives. -- Provided by publisher.
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231 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Esther Safran Foer grew up in a family where history was too terrible to speak of. The child of parents who were each the sole survivors of their respective families, for Esther the Holocaust was always felt but never discussed. So when Esther's mother casually mentions an astonishing revelation -- that her father had a previous wife and daughter, both killed in the Holocaust -- Esther resolves to find the truth. Armed with only a black-and-white...
5) By the grace of the game: the Holocaust, a basketball legacy, and an unprecedented American dream
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Language
English
Formats
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"This book details a family's unique story from escaping the Holocaust to landing in America to playing in the NBA"--
6) MetaMaus
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299 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm + 1 DVD-ROM (sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
Visually and emotionally rich, MetaMaus is as groundbreaking as the masterpiece whose creation it reveals. In the pages of MetaMaus, Art Spiegelman re-enters the Pulitzer prize-winning Maus, the modern classic that has altered how we see literature, comics, and the Holocaust ever since it was first published twenty-five years ago. He probes the questions that Maus most often evokes -- Why the Holocaust? Why mice? Why comics? -- and gives us a new...
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