A Contract with God
- 179pages
- 7 heures de lecture
A gorgeous, collectible hardcover edition of Will Eisner's pioneering graphic novel to celebrate the author's 100th birthday.
Contrat avec Dieu Séries
Cette trilogie de romans graphiques explore le spectre des émotions humaines et des expériences de vie. Se déroulant dans un quartier légendaire et mythique, les histoires tissent des récits de joie, d'exubérance, de tragédie et de drame. C'est une exploration profonde de la condition humaine présentée à travers une narration visuelle puissante. La série est célébrée comme une œuvre fondatrice qui a redéfini la forme d'art du roman graphique.
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The Will Eisner Library: A Life Force
- 139pages
- 5 heures de lecture
Master of the Comics medium Will Eisner offers more of his imagination to his readers with this tale of real people simply experiencing life. Set during the Depression, A Life Force tells the hard-luck story of a tenement dweller living in the same neighborhood that served as the setting for A Contract with God. Eisner's everyman, Jacob Shtarkah, and his family and neighbors come to life in this moving urban portrait.
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A Contract with God and Other Stories of Dropsie Avenue
- 328pages
- 12 heures de lecture
"This inaugural Norton Critical Edition of a graphic novel features Will Eisner's A Contract with God, originally published in 1978 from Baronet Press. Eisner's pioneering work draws on his upbringing in the Bronx to produce realistic narratives surrounding Jewish American culture within New York City's tenements. Excerpts from A Life Force (1988), Invisible People (1993), and Dropsie Avenue (1995) are also included in this edition, followed by Eisner's thoughts on the American graphic novel. "Reviews and Assessments" section presents the reactions of Eisner's contemporaries, selected from multiple art and comic journals of the time. "Criticism" offers modern analyses of Eisner's work in respect to art, race, and underrepresented history. A selected bibliography and chronology are also included"--
The Contract With God Trilogy
- 498pages
- 18 heures de lecture
Frimme Hersh breaks his contract with God and ends up as a Depression-era slumlord, while Jacob Shtarkah strives to help an old friend trapped in Nazi Germany and struggles with poverty and the corruption of the residents of Dropsie Avenue.