GendryKim, Keum Suk
Grass
- ISBN 13:
- 9781770463622
- author:
- GendryKim, Keum Suk
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Drawn and Quarterly
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2019
- Pages:
- 496
- Dimensions:
- 22.2 x 15 centimetres (0.83 kg)
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Comics & Graphic Novels, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Grass is a powerful antiwar graphic novel that tells the life story of a Korean girl who was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army during the Second World War. From her childhood, the book shows the lead-up to the war from a child's vulnerable perspective, detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering it entailed for ordinary Koreans.
The cartoonist Keum Suk Gendry-Kim emphasizes the strength of her subject in overcoming the many forms of adversity she faced. The book is painted in a black ink that flows with lavish details of the beautiful fields and farmland of Korea, contrasting with the somber interiors of her memories. Through interviews with Lee, the author offers a holistic view of how her wartime suffering changed her.
This landmark graphic novel makes personal the desperate cost of war and the importance of peace, providing a unique perspective on a disputed chapter in twentieth-century Asian history.
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