Grass /

Gendry-Kim, Keum Suk,

Grass / Keum Suk Gendry-Kim ; translated by Janet Hong. - First edition. - 471 pages, 9 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm

"First published in 2017 by Bori Publishing Co., Korea."--Title page verso.

"Grass is a powerful anti-war graphic novel, offering up firsthand the life story of a Korean girl named Okseon Lee who was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army during the second World War - a disputed chapter in 20th century Asian history. Beginning in Lee's childhood, Grass shows the leadup to World War II from a child's vulnerable perspective, detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering it entailed for ordinary Korean folk. Keum Suk Gendry-Kim emphasizes Lee's strength in overcoming the many forms of adversity she experienced. Grass is painted in a black ink that flows with lavish details of the beautiful fields and farmland of Korea and uses heavy brushwork on the somber interiors of Lee's memories. The cartoonist Gendry-Kim's interviews with Lee become an integral part of Grass, forming the heart and architecture of this powerful nonfiction graphic novel and offering a holistic view of how Lee's wartime suffering changed her. Grass is a landmark graphic novel that makes personal the desperate cost of war and the importance of peace."--


In English translated from Korean.

9781770463622 1770463623

GBB962303 bnb 20190075732 can

019347115 Uk


Comfort women--Comic books, strips, etc.
Child slaves--Korea--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.
Child slaves--History--Korea--20th century--Comic books, strips, etc.
Child sexual abuse--History--Korea--20th century--Comic books, strips, etc.
World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Comic books, strips, etc.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives--Comic books, strips, etc.
Child Abuse, Sexual--history.
Enslaved Persons--history.
Adolescent.
Child.
World War II.
Comfort women.
Atrocities.
Child sexual abuse.
Child slaves.


Korea--History--Japanese occupation, 1910-1945--Comic books, strips, etc.
Korea.
Korea.


Young adult non-fiction.
Biography.
Graphic Novel.
Nonfiction comics.
Historical comics.
Biographical comics.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
History.
Biographical comics.
Historical comics.
Nonfiction comics.
Graphic novels.

D810.C698 / G43613 2019

951.9/03092

767.4 / GEN

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