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" Her painstakingly detailed work, rich with intricate patterns and delightful designs, are instantly recognizable. " -- The Jerusalem Post
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
One of numerous slice-of-life graphic novels that have come out in recent years. Of course, being set in modern day Israel, slice-of-life includes suicide bombings and the threat of them. But Exit Wounds concentrates on small, universal family issues, albeit sparked by the bombing of a train station and the identity of an unnamed victim. The characters really come to life, are sympathetic and convincing. The art is subtle and pleasing. I like the way Modan evokes the background by inking whole areas in the same pastel hues and having one or two foreground elements, usually the characters, in bolder colours. It's a very engaging book.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I am rarely moved to write a review, but this book deserves far more recognition. Modan draws superbly with a familiar Herge clear line style, but the simplicity it deceptive - she manages animate her characters with astonishing skill, right down to the slightest gesture, glance or stance. Her story is subtle, complex, wonderfully paced. It is highly personal yet fair and and insightful. Modan has managed something rare in this medium- to write with passion without falling back into introspective (and self indulgent) auto-biography.
So this book would work as either art or as text, but the synthesis as a comic achieves something only possible with comics- a fully realised, deeply experienced world in which the characters exist and live on beyond the book. The entry of gifted women like Modan into this male dominated world is opening up entirely new vistas and is bringing Graphic Novels into full maturity as a literary medium. Very exciting. I cannot recommend this book strongly enough to the enthusiast of mature graphic novels or the novice who is put off my the rows of comics of butch men in tights.
So this book would work as either art or as text, but the synthesis as a comic achieves something only possible with comics- a fully realised, deeply experienced world in which the characters exist and live on beyond the book. The entry of gifted women like Modan into this male dominated world is opening up entirely new vistas and is bringing Graphic Novels into full maturity as a literary medium. Very exciting. I cannot recommend this book strongly enough to the enthusiast of mature graphic novels or the novice who is put off my the rows of comics of butch men in tights.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It was the first graphic novel I have ever read. It is an engaging story, beautifully illustrated.
What is most striking is the strange sense of faith when living in a country where bombing is a routine for many and does not shock anyone anymore.
For me it is a book that make you think.
What is most striking is the strange sense of faith when living in a country where bombing is a routine for many and does not shock anyone anymore.
For me it is a book that make you think.
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Definitely the highest Thumbs Up!
This is a wonderful story that deftly shows you a different culture yet reminds you that we are all the same underneath. Read more
Published 27 days ago by 365 Graphic Novels
Really not all that
I got this off the back of the above and well, yeah, it's good but honestly, five stars? That means it's as good as 'Watchmen' or 'Y - The Last Man' and it's just not. Read more
Published 17 months ago by M. Robbins
Shame I could not get it in Hebrew
Quite an interesting story, not particularly 'Israeli' in any way I'd say. Easy to read, but for self-education purposes I'd prefer to have the original version.
Published 21 months ago by Marta07
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