Nov
29
by Edward Gorey
Fiction, adult picture book
First Published in 1963
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Wikipedia Synopsis:
The Gashlycrumb Tinies: or, After the Outing is an abecedarian book written by Edward Gorey that was first published in 1963. Gorey tells the tale of 26 children (each representing a letter of the alphabet) and their untimely deaths in rhyming dactylic couplets, accompanied by the author’s distinctive black and white illustrations.
My Book Review of The Gashlycrumb Tinies:
The Gashlycrumb Tinies was given to me as a present from a friend. I loved its macabre nature but had to wonder what in MY nature had caused him to think of me when he saw this book.
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Nov
28
I – My Father Bleeds History
II – And Here My Trouble Begin
by Art Spiegelman
(5/5)
Fiction, Graphic Novel
Winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize
First Published in 1980-1991 in RAW magazine
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Set: Nazi Poland and modern day New York, USA
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Book Synopsis:
“The Jews are undoubtedly a race, but they are not human.” – Adolf Hitler
Maus is the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler’s Europe, and his son, a cartoonist who tries to come to terms with his father, his father’s terrifying story, and history itself. It’s form, the cartoon (Nazi’s are cats, the Jews are mice), succeeds perfectly in shocking us out of our any lingering sense of familiarity with the events described, approaching, as it does, the unspeakable through the diminutive. It is, as the New York Times Book Review has commented, “a remarkable feat of documentary detail and novelistic vividness…an unfolding literary event.” Read more... (637 words, 7 images, estimated 2:33 mins reading time)
Posted in Biography, Book Reviews, Gifts, Graphic Novel, Non-Fiction Adult Picture Book Biography books for teens Gift Graphic Novel Holocaust Non-Fiction Poland Teenage USA
