{"product_id":"victory-parade-hardcover","title":"Victory Parade - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeela Corman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe author of the Eisner-nominated graphic novel \u003ci\u003eUnterzakhn \u003c\/i\u003enow gives us a heart-wrenching, phantasmagorical tale of love, loss, and trauma both personal and global, set during World War II in Brooklyn, New York, and in the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of a group of women working as welders in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Rose Arensberg has fallen in love with a disabled veteran while awaiting the return of her husband, Sam, a soldier in the American army serving in Europe. As we follow the bittersweet, heartbreaking stories of Rose and her fellow Rosie-the-Riveters, we're immersed in the day-to-day challenges of life on the home front as seen through the eyes of these resilient women, as well as through the eyes of Eleanor, Rose's impressionable young daughter, and Ruth, the German Jewish refugee Rose has taken into their home.\u003cbr\u003e Ruth's desperate attempt to exorcise the nightmare of growing up in pre-war Nazi Germany takes her into the world of professional women wrestlers--with devastating consequences. And Sam's encounters with the horrors of a liberated concentration camp follow him home to Brooklyn in the form of terrifying flashbacks that will leave him scarred forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e Victory Parade\u003c\/i\u003e paints a deeply affecting portrait of how individuals and civilizations process mass trauma. Magnificently drawn by Leela Corman, it's an Expressionist journey through the battlefields of the human heart and the mass graves of genocide.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLEELA CORMAN\u003c\/b\u003e is a painter, educator, and graphic-novel creator, working in the realm of diaspora Ashkenazi culture and third-generation restorative work. Her books include \u003ci\u003eUnterzakhn, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was nominated for an Eisner Award, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Le Prix Artémisia; won the 2015 Romics Prize for Best Anglo-American Comic; and received a 2023 MoCCA Arts Festival Award of Excellence, and the short comics collections \u003ci\u003eYou Are Not a Guest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWe All Wish for Deadly Force. \u003c\/i\u003eHer work has appeared in many publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe Believer, Nautilus, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nib.\u003c\/i\u003e She is a founding instructor at Sequential Artists Workshop and an instructor at Rhode Island School of Design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 11.02 x 9.61 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748835950880,"sku":"9780805243444","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9e0b777aa6719e29f7a9c0e7558e6427.webp?v=1779917642","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/victory-parade-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}