Berlin is one of the high-water marks of the comics medium. For
twenty years, Jason Lutes toiled on this intimate, sweeping epic
before the collected Berlin was published in 2018 to widespread
acclaim, including rave reviews in The New York Times, The
Guardian, The Nation, Vulture, Washington Post, and many other
outlets. Lutes s historical fiction about the decline of the Weimar
Republic and the rise of fascism is seen through the eyes of the
Jews and the Nazis; the socialists and the socialites; the lavishly
decorated queer clubs and the crumbling tenement apartments. Marthe
Muller is an aspiring artist escaping the memory of a brother
killed in World War One by throwing herself into a life-altering
romance. Kurt Severing is an idealistic journalist losing faith in
the printed word as fascism and extremism take hold. The Brauns are
a family torn apart by poverty, politics, and the May Day protests
of 1929. The Cocoa Kids are an American jazz band slowly realizing
there s no place left for them in a changing Berlin. Lutes weaves
these characters lives into the larger fabric of a city slowly
ripping apart, crafting a polyphonic novel that is rich in its
historical detail and as timely as ever in its depiction of a
society slowly awakening to the stranglehold of fascism.
General
Imprint: |
Drawn & Quarterly
|
Country of origin: |
Canada |
Release date: |
August 2020 |
Authors: |
Jason Lutes
|
Dimensions: |
248 x 195 x 42mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
580 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-77046-406-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Graphic novels
|
LSN: |
1-77046-406-9 |
Barcode: |
9781770464063 |
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