The Silence of Malka - Hardcover

Zentner, Jorge

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1684052874 ISBN 13: 9781684052875

Verlag: IDW Publishing, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

For the family of the little red-headed Malka, trading the Russian shtetl for the Argentine pampas isn't so easy. Even in a country eager to populate its vast territories, the immigrants discover that their new home isn't the promised land. They encounter hostility from both man and nature as they struggle through droughts and locusts in an attempt to cultivate the arid soil. When misery pushes them to the extreme, Malka's uncle is visited by the prophet Elias, who advises that he create a Golem-the mythical creature fashioned from earth and endowed with life by engraving on his body the word 'emet' ('truth')-to pose as a man and aid the immigrants. Years later, when the adult Malka is visited by Elias, the events of her youth force her to decide whether or not she can maintain her silence-with fate and divine justice hanging in the balance. Advance solicited for July release! Winner of the Best Foreign Graphic Album award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival. A sweeping and poignant story of Ashkenazi Jews fleeing the Russian pogroms at the end of the 19th Century, as well as a parable of the making of a modern society and the extent to which religion and mysticism meet. Inspired by a story told to the author by his grandmother.

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"A very original re-reading of the legend of Golem." --The New Observer "A sumptuous story of exile." --The World of Books "Cleverly written, and drawn in a style similar to that of Jordi Bernet, or Alex Toth, with a European sensibility that is hard to explain, perhaps, but easy to appreciate and savour." -Fanboy Factor

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A sweeping and poignant story of Ashkenazi Jews fleeing the Russian pogroms at the end of the 19th Century, as well as a parable of the making of a modern society and the extent to which religion and mysticism meet. Inspired by a story told to the author by his grandmother. For the family of the little red-headed Malka, trading the Russian shtetl for the Argentine pampas isn't so easy. Even in a country eager to populate its vast territories, the immigrants discover that their new home isn't the promised land. They encounter hostility from both man and nature, as they struggle through droughts and locusts in an attempt to cultivate the arid soil. When misery pushes them to the extreme, Malka's uncle is visited by the prophet Elias, who advises that he create a Golem-the mythical creature fashioned from earth and endowed with life by engraving on his body the word Emet ("Truth")-to pose as a man and aid the immigrants. When years later the adult Malka is visited by Elias, the events of her youth force her to decide whether or not she can maintain her silence-with fate and divine justice hanging in the balance. Winner of the Best Foreign Graphic Album award at the Angouleme Festival.

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• Verlag: IDW Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1684052874
• ISBN 13: 9781684052875
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 112
• Zeichner: Pellejero Ruben