Jerusalem
A Family Portrait
ISBN10: 1596435755
ISBN13: 9781596435759
Hardcover
400 Pages
$24.99
CA$28.99
Jerusalem is a sweeping, epic work 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.
Reviews
Praise for Jerusalem
"Ten measures of beauty descend to the world, nine were taken by Boaz Yakin and Nick Bertozzi's Jerusalem. Jerusalem is a unique synergy between incredible history and powerful fiction created by two of the most talented storytellers around."—Etger Keret
"This is most powerful for investing a massive and complex issue with real human emotion."—Booklist (Starred Review)