A Life Force by Will Eisner TP
A Life Force is the story of the lives and dreams, hopes and fears of ordianry people enduring and survivng the Depression. Will Eisner, who created the modern graphic novel with A Contract with God, returns to the same Bronx neighbourhood depicted in that groundbreaking book to trace the impact of economic collapse, leftist politics, and the rise of Nazism on the family of Eisner's Everyman, Jacob Shtarkah, and his neighbours. A Life Force is a moving and insightful portrait of urban life that evokes the realism of Dreiser and the metaphorical power of the stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer in the graphic novel medium, bringing the city and its characters to life.
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A Life Force is the story of the lives and dreams, hopes and fears of ordianry people enduring and survivng the Depression. Will Eisner, who created the modern graphic novel with A Contract with God, returns to the same Bronx neighbourhood depicted in that groundbreaking book to trace the impact of economic collapse, leftist politics, and the rise of Nazism on the family of Eisner's Everyman, Jacob Shtarkah, and his neighbours. A Life Force is a moving and insightful portrait of urban life that evokes the realism of Dreiser and the metaphorical power of the stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer in the graphic novel medium, bringing the city and its characters to life.
