Mendels Daughter : A Memoir

English

ISBN: 1416552219

EAN: 9781416552215

Category: Comics & Graphic Novels / Literary/History / Holocaust/Biography & Autobiography / General/Social Science / Jewish Studies/

Publisher: Free Press

Release Date: 09/16/2011

Synopsis: In 1989 Martin Lemelman videotaped his mother, Gusta, as she opened up about her childhood in 1930s Poland and her eventual escape from Nazi persecution.Mendels Daughter, now in paperback and selected as one of the best books of 2006 by theAustin Chronicle, is Lemelmans loving transcription of his mothers harrowing testimony, bringing her narrative to life with his own powerful black-and-white drawings, interspersed with reproductions of actual photographs, documents and other relics from that era. The result is a wholly original, authentic and moving account of hope and survival in a time of despair.Gustas story opens with a portrait of shtetl life, filled with homey images that evoke the richness of food and flowers, of family and friends and of Jewish tradition. Soon, however, Gustas girlhood is cut short as her family experiences Hitlers rise, rumors of war, invasion, occupation, round-ups and pogroms, forcing Gusta into flight and hiding.Mendels Daughteris Martin Lemelmans solemn and stirring testament to his mothers bravery and a celebration of her perseverance. The devastatingly simple power of a mothers words and a sons illustrations combine to create a work that is both intensely personal and universally resonant.Mendels Daughtercombines an unforgettable true story with elegant, haunting illustrations to shed new light on one of historys darkest periods.

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Mendels Daughter : A Memoir

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.6 inches

Width: 7.5 inches

Length: 10.5 inches

Weight: 15.84 oz

Pages: 240