Envisioning the first book of the bible like no one before him, R.
Crumb, the legendary illustrator, reveals here the story of Genesis
in a profoundly honest and deeply moving way. Originally thinking
that we would do a take off of Adam and Eve, Crumb became so
fascinated by the Bible's language, "a text so great and so strange
that it lends itself readily to graphic depictions," that he
decided instead to do a literal interpretation using the text word
for word in a version primarily assembled from the translations of
Robert Alter and the King James bible. Now, readers of every
persuasion-Crumb fans, comic book lovers, and believers-can gain
astonishing new insights from these harrowing, tragic, and even
juicy stories. Crumb's Book of Genesis reintroduces us to the
bountiful tree lined garden of Adam and Eve, the massive ark of
Noah with beasts of every kind, the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
destroyed by brimstone and fire that rained from the heavens, and
the Egypt of the Pharaoh, where Joseph's embalmed body is carried
in a coffin, in a scene as elegiac as any in Genesis. Using clues
from the text and peeling away the theological and scholarly
interpretation that have often obscured the Bible's most dramatic
stories, Crumb fleshes out a parade of Biblical originals: from the
serpent in Eden, the humanoid reptile appearing like an alien out
of a science fiction movie, to Jacob, a "kind've depressed guy who
doesn't strike you as physically courageous," and his bother, Esau,
"a rough and kick ass guy," to Abraham's wife Sarah, more fetching
than most woman at 90, to God himself, "a standard Charlton
Heston-like figure with long white hair and a flowing beard." As
Crumb writes in his introduction, "the stories of these people, the
Hebrews, were something more than just stories. They were the
foundation, the source, in writing of religious and political
power, handed down by God himself." Crumb's Book of Genesis, the
culmination of 5 years of painstaking work, is a tapestry of
masterly detail and storytelling which celebrates the astonishing
diversity of the one of our greatest artistic geniuses. Nominated
for three 2010 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards: Best Adaptation
from Another Work, Best Graphic Album, Best Writer/Artist.
General
| Imprint: |
W W Norton & Co Inc
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
October 2009 |
| First published: |
October 2009 |
| Authors: |
R. Crumb
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| Dimensions: |
281 x 222 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
228 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-393-06102-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Graphic novels
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| LSN: |
0-393-06102-7 |
| Barcode: |
9780393061024 |
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