Jerusalem
A Family Portrait
First Second
Available: 04/16/13
6.38 x 8.75 · 400 pages
9781596435759
CDN $28.99
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With dust jacket
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Jerusalem is a sweeping, epic graphic novel 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 was 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 ax to grind. Rather, this comic 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.
Boaz Yakinis an American screenwriter and film director based in New York City. He has written and/or directed many major Hollywood movies such as The Punisher," "The Rookie," "A Price Above Rubies," and "Remember The Titans." He published the graphic novel Marathon with illustrator Joe Infurnari. Nick Bertozzihas written and drawn many comics over the years, including Becoming Andy Warhol, The Salon, Lewis & Clark, and the New York Times bestselling Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey . Bertozzi has won two Harvey and has taught Cartooning at the School of Visual Arts since 2003. He lives in Queens, New York, with his wife and daughters.
