VIETNAMESE MEMORIES 01 LEAVING SAIGON - Softcover

Baloup, Clement

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594656584 ISBN 13: 9781594656583

Verlag: Humanoids, 2018

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Colonialism and war disrupted the lives of millions of Vietnamese people during the 20th century. These are their stories. In his award-winning work, Vietnamese Memories, ClÃment Baloup chronicles, through vivid painted art and poetic storytelling, the fate of a handful of people who, like many of their peers, were condemned to leave a country successively occupied by the Japanese, the French and the Americans. Leaving Saigon recounts the experiences of Vietnamese citizens who, through different circumstances and different periods, ended up in various parts of France. These stories are testimonials of courage and endurance in the face of turmoil and displacement.

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***Featured in "The Best 8 Comics to Read in May" from VULTURE (NEW YORK MAGAZINE's online component)***

"The cartoonist's range of visual styles is remarkable, alternating between stark pen, gritty chalk, and panoramic watercolor as he attempts to decipher a war that's all too often been filtered through the lens of white American experience." ― VULTURE

"Vibrant... these stories give human faces to the effects of colonialism and war in the Vietnamese diaspora." ― PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"Extraordinary.... This type of graphic novels help us talk about war and its consequences, they open roads of understanding, and I think they are very necessary indeed." ― GEEK DAD

"Lovely, visceral and enthralling. The art by Baloup is beautiful. Altogether, a great book that pushes the boundaries of storytelling and remembers that true stories are sometimes more interesting than fiction." ― GRAPHIC POLICY

"Doesn't disappoint." ― ASIAN REVIEW OF BOOKS

"Timely." ― CULTURED VULTURES

"Evocative, sad and enlightening, Baloup's work should hold widespread interest, and he collected enough stories for a second volume, Little Saigon." ―SLINGS AND ARROWS

Reseña del editor:

The personal stories of five family members, over five different time periods, as they are respectively forced to leave their home country of Vietnam when outside forces or inner turmoil shatter their normal lives. Each story follows the journey of a family member as they must leave everything behind, adapt to a new country and culture, and live with the nostalgia of their homeland and their people.

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• Verlag: Humanoids
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1594656584
• ISBN 13: 9781594656583
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160