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Belonging a German reckons with history and home

"A revelatory, visually stunning graphic memoir by award-winning artist Nora Krug, telling the story of her attempt to confront the hidden truths of her family's wartime past in Nazi Germany and to comprehend the forces that have shaped her life, her generation, and history"--

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Main Author: Krug, Nora (Author, Artist)
Format: Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, 2018.
Edition:First Scribner hardcover edition.
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Krug, Nora > Comic books, strips, etc.
German American artists > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
German American authors > Biography > Comic books, strips, etc.
Collective memory > Germany > Comic books, strips, etc.
National socialism > Psychological aspects > Comic books, strips, etc.
Autobiographical comics.
Graphic novels.
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Summary:"A revelatory, visually stunning graphic memoir by award-winning artist Nora Krug, telling the story of her attempt to confront the hidden truths of her family's wartime past in Nazi Germany and to comprehend the forces that have shaped her life, her generation, and history"--
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
ISBN:9781476796628
1476796629
9781476796635
1476796637
Author Notes:Nora Krug's drawings and visual narratives have appeared in T he New York Times , The Guardian , and Le Monde diplomatique . Her short-form graphic biography, Kamikaze , about a surviving Japanese WWII pilot, was included in the 2012 editions of Best American Comics and Best American Nonrequired Reading . She is the recipient of fellowships from the Maurice Sendak Foundation, Fulbright, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and of medals from the Society of Illustrators and the New York Art Directors Club. She is an associate professor at Parsons School of Design in New York and lives in Brooklyn with her family. Krug is the author of the graphic memoir, Belonging.

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