Jerusalem: A Family Portrait
About the Book
Jerusalem: A Family Portrait
Jerusalem is a sweeping, epic graphic novel that follows a single family—three generations and fifteen very different people—as they are swept up in chaos, war, and nation-making from 1940-1948. Faith, family, and politics are the heady mix that fuel this ambitious, cinematic graphic novel.
With Jerusalem, author-filmmaker Boaz Yakin turns his finely-honed storytelling skills to a topic near to his heart: Yakin's family lived in Palestine during this period and was caught up in the turmoil of war just as his characters are. This is a personal work, but it is not a book with a political ax to grind. Rather, this comic seeks to tell the stories of a huge cast of memorable characters as they wrestle with a time when nothing was clear and no path was smooth.
Jerusalem: A Family Portrait
- Publication Date: April 16, 2013
- Genres: Graphic Novel, Historical Fiction, Jewish Interest
- Hardcover: 400 pages
- Publisher: First Second
- ISBN-10: 1596435755
- ISBN-13: 9781596435759