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VerksinformationA Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories av Will Eisner (Author)
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. I LOVE this whole book! It's four short stories, all in graphic novel format, black and white. I had to pick this up for my "Graphic Novel" class, before which I'd never heard of the book. The stories here are really amazing. I really connected to it because of the Jewish backgrounds of many of the characters, which is something I'm not used to in comics. The characters were all very unique, mentally and physically (you could tell them all apart very easily, even ignoring their clothing). I loved the art style, and the way Eisner manipulates the story with just three colors (black, white and gray) is really cool. This is a great read if you're interested in comics. Just be careful where you read it or who you give it to because it does deal with "adult" themes and is rather explicit at times. The first graphic novel.....or what is credited as the first graphic novel. While it wasn't a total favorite (I enjoyed one or two stories as opposed to all four), I can appreciate the history of this sequential art! The usage of the black and white images really worked, even though I would have preferred color. Truly, you felt the emotions felt on both the character's behalf and frankly, their convos with God. Graphic novels or non-fiction was the theme for the January 2022 American Authors Challenge. I was encouraged to try this one by its subject matter---life in a tenement in the Bronx during the early years of the 20th century. The copy I obtained from the library contained all three of Eisner's novels The Contract With God Trilogy and the author himself wrote the introduction, which was excellent, and made me expect a sort of Jewish version of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Not so. I found the characters to be more like caricatures; the women all either worn-out, bitter and frumpy or Barbie-doll man-killers; the men brutish and lustful or sly and conniving. The art reflects those qualities, and there is no subtlety in it whatsoever. There is also no hope or humor in it that I could detect. All in all, distasteful and not for me. TW for rape and nudity. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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The revolutionary work of graphic storytelling that inspired a new art form. Will Eisner was present at the dawn of comics. In the 1940s, he pushed the boundaries of the medium with his acclaimed weekly comic strip The Spirit, and with the publication of A Contract with God in 1978, he created a new medium altogether: the graphic novel. It was unlike anything seen before, heralding an era when serious cartoonists were liberated from the limiting confines of the comic strip. Eisner's work was a shining example of what comics could be: as inventive, moving, and complex as any literary art form. Eisner considered himself "a graphic witness reporting on life, death, heartbreak, and the never-ending struggle to prevail." A Contract with God begins with a gripping tale that mirrors the artist's real-life tragedy, the death of his daughter. Frimme Hersh, a devout Jew, questions his relationship with God after the loss of his own beloved child. Hersh's crisis is intertwined with the lives of the other unforgettable denizens of Eisner's iconic Dropsie Avenue, a fictionalized version of the quintessential New York City street where he came of age at the height of the Depression. This centennial edition showcases Eisner's singular visual style in new high-resolution scans of his original art, complete with an introduction by Scott McCloud and an illuminating history of Eisner's seminal work. Now readers can experience the legendary book that launched a unique art form and reaffirmed Will Eisner as one of the great pioneers of American graphic storytelling. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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In general, I don't love narratives that are framed around whoever is causing the most pain. In these stories, it's often unclear which character earns this superlative - nevertheless, most are organized around broken men and the inscrutable or one-dimensional women who, like the God of the title story, push them toward their tragic ends. From this perspective, "Cookalein" was probably my favorite story - it's heavy, but felt more multidimensional.
I think the best art resonates even when the creator and audience have different worldviews. From that perspective, A Contract With God is a successful book - I found a lot to unpack in these stories, despite not sharing their assessment of human nature.