A Jew in Communist Prague Loss of Innocence |
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| Author:
| Giardino, Vittorio |
| Series title: | Jew in Communist Prague Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-56163-180-3 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1997 |
| Publisher: | NBM Publishing Company
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| Imprint: | Comics Lit |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $11.95 |
Book Description:
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A brilliantly written graphic novel about the real,human experience of living behind the iron,curtain. Jonas Finkel is growing up in communist,Czechoslovakia, son of a middle class formerly,Jewish family leading a regular life bothering,no-one. Suddenly his father is arrested and,disappears. His mother is left to fend for herself,in an increasing array of bureaucratic,entanglements forbidding her to even eke out a,living protests as best she can. The official,reason is their bourgeois...
More DescriptionA brilliantly written graphic novel about the real,human experience of living behind the iron,curtain. Jonas Finkel is growing up in communist,Czechoslovakia, son of a middle class formerly,Jewish family leading a regular life bothering,no-one. Suddenly his father is arrested and,disappears. His mother is left to fend for herself,in an increasing array of bureaucratic,entanglements forbidding her to even eke out a,living protests as best she can. The official,reason is their bourgeois background. The real,reason is anti-semitic resentment.