- Hardcover: 208 pages
- Publisher: Pantheon Books (18 Aug 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0307378144
- ISBN-13: 978-0307378149
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 2.6 x 21.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,036,026 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge is a masterful portrait of a city under siege. Cartoonist Josh Neufeld depicts seven extraordinary true stories of survival in the days leading up to and following Hurricane Katrina.
Here we meet Denise, a counselor and social worker, and a sixth-generation New Orleanian; “The Doctor,” a proud fixture of the French Quarter; Abbas and Darnell, two friends who face the storm from Abbas’s family-run market; Kwame, a pastor's son just entering his senior year of high school; and the young couple Leo and Michelle, who both grew up in the city. Each is forced to confront the same wrenching decision–whether to stay or to flee.
As beautiful as it is poignant, A.D. presents a city in chaos and shines a bright, profoundly human light on the tragedies and triumphs that took place within it.
Here we meet Denise, a counselor and social worker, and a sixth-generation New Orleanian; “The Doctor,” a proud fixture of the French Quarter; Abbas and Darnell, two friends who face the storm from Abbas’s family-run market; Kwame, a pastor's son just entering his senior year of high school; and the young couple Leo and Michelle, who both grew up in the city. Each is forced to confront the same wrenching decision–whether to stay or to flee.
As beautiful as it is poignant, A.D. presents a city in chaos and shines a bright, profoundly human light on the tragedies and triumphs that took place within it.
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Format:Hardcover
My first graphic novel. Very easy to read and, as you'd hope, well drawn, this is the true (I think) story of five characters who lived through Katrina. Sadly, I didn't identify strongly with the characters and their stories weren't that dramatic. I'm not sure if this was a problem with the graphic format which doesn't give much scope to get to know the characters, or with the choice of five people who were relatively unscathed, or perhaps with the author's decision not to embellish the truth.
I think a more impactful story would have featured the underfunding of the flood defences, the cronyism at FEMA, the complacency of Bush - basically a lot more analysis than the format could sustain.
That said, Neufeld does give a tantalising taste of a story that might have worked better as a graphic novel - one character ends up at a holding camp in the New Orleans convention centre (or the Superdome, I forget which) where public order collapses and the authorities seem to have no idea what they should be doing. Here, he hints, the feral gangs of underclass thugs that were portrayed at the time as imposing gun law, were actually looting food and provision to make sure that the weakest were protected, fed and watered in the chaos. Nice thought, and one that might make an interesting book.
I think a more impactful story would have featured the underfunding of the flood defences, the cronyism at FEMA, the complacency of Bush - basically a lot more analysis than the format could sustain.
That said, Neufeld does give a tantalising taste of a story that might have worked better as a graphic novel - one character ends up at a holding camp in the New Orleans convention centre (or the Superdome, I forget which) where public order collapses and the authorities seem to have no idea what they should be doing. Here, he hints, the feral gangs of underclass thugs that were portrayed at the time as imposing gun law, were actually looting food and provision to make sure that the weakest were protected, fed and watered in the chaos. Nice thought, and one that might make an interesting book.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Vivid, true-grit tales of Katrina/New Orleans also a WORK OF ART
24 Aug 2009
Format:Hardcover
This is the ultimate coffee table book -- a beautiful page-turner that will spark conversation and leave you wanting more. I just visited New Orleans and happened upon a book signing with the author. Gladly payed full-price for the book, but it looks like Amazon is offering a GREAT deal now! Please remember New Orleans and all of the Gulf Coast, with people still recovering from Katrina years later. "A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge" is a stunning, unique, accessible chronicle of tragedy and history in the making.A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
A Wonderful and Sad and Remarkable Work!
23 Sep 2009
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I really liked this book. It brings you back to that place and time that so many of us have already forgotten.
The comic book format gives you access to characters making those basic human decisions that were so perilous at the time -- a family with a sick kid reaches a hospital which is being evacuate. They can't stop, but have to figure out if they should leave their sick child behind. A shopkeeper needs to decide if he should stay in his store and defend against looters, or abandon the city. Families get dropped off at the convention center and can't figure out if buses will or will not come. Will the feds come and help or not? It's all here.
Neufeld's book is really well done and brings these stories to light in a remarkable manner. It is clearly well reported too -- he seems to have spent a lot of time interviewing people to get their stories.
It is a quick read, a sad read, and a beautiful read all at once.
Ben
The comic book format gives you access to characters making those basic human decisions that were so perilous at the time -- a family with a sick kid reaches a hospital which is being evacuate. They can't stop, but have to figure out if they should leave their sick child behind. A shopkeeper needs to decide if he should stay in his store and defend against looters, or abandon the city. Families get dropped off at the convention center and can't figure out if buses will or will not come. Will the feds come and help or not? It's all here.
Neufeld's book is really well done and brings these stories to light in a remarkable manner. It is clearly well reported too -- he seems to have spent a lot of time interviewing people to get their stories.
It is a quick read, a sad read, and a beautiful read all at once.
Ben
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Interesting, well written, awesome illustrations Great story
6 Sep 2009
Format:Hardcover
The book is interesting and its in the form of a comic book along the lines of the various Shakespeare books we have that Simon Greaves has written and illustrated.
Liked seeing/reading of the young comic book collector, small store owner, native New Orleans physician. In fact I think young people would get a lot out of the book because of its comic book form. Think Doonesbury with a real story line.
Leo the comic book collector really was interesting to our son who is an avid comic book collector, who gasped when he read how Leo had to leave his thousands of comic books behind when he and his wife evacuated New Orleans, taking one comic book with them. Thus this book is one I will give to young men I know who also collect comic books.
And the illustrations are wonderful and give meaning to the saying that a picture is worth a thousand words!
Liked seeing/reading of the young comic book collector, small store owner, native New Orleans physician. In fact I think young people would get a lot out of the book because of its comic book form. Think Doonesbury with a real story line.
Leo the comic book collector really was interesting to our son who is an avid comic book collector, who gasped when he read how Leo had to leave his thousands of comic books behind when he and his wife evacuated New Orleans, taking one comic book with them. Thus this book is one I will give to young men I know who also collect comic books.
And the illustrations are wonderful and give meaning to the saying that a picture is worth a thousand words!
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