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Bezig met laden... Run For It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for Their Freedomdoor Marcelo D'Salete
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A soul confined must rebel either in a thousand little ways that build bridges between days or in one all in run for freedom. This heart-breaking graphic novel about the impact of slavery in Brazil, contains four stories where souls RUN FOR IT in various ways. The illustrations are spare like the characters lives, with thick lines that cannot be broken and set up in such a way that the reader often feels encircled. If you pick one story to read I’m not sure you’d be that impressed. Just as running only part of the way home feels different from running all the way. The stories seem to build on each other and by the end you feel more impact than you thought possible. Like the author skipped a stone on a lake and each time the stone hit water it slowed and sunk deeper until finally it catches enough depth to stop you completely. This collection of short stories does a pretty good job of portraying the horror and brutality of slavery in Brazil with murder, suicide, infanticide and a bloody uprising, but unfortunately for me, the endings always meander off into symbolism and magical realism. My brain just does not really process that sort of storytelling, so this sort of book will never really satisfy me. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"Run for It--a starkly stunning graphic novel by internationally acclaimed illustrator Marcelo d'Salete--is one of the first literary and artistic efforts to confront Brazil's hidden history of slavery. Seen through the eyes of its victims, Run for It tells of ordinary slaves who rebel against their masters. Run for It's vivid illustrations and magical realism engage the reader's poetic imagination through stories of individual suffering caused by the horrors of slavery. Originally published in Brazil--where it was nominated for three of the country's most prestigious comics awards--Run for It has received rave reviews worldwide. These intense tales offer a tragic and gripping portrait of one of history's darkest corners. It's hard to look away." -- Publisher's description. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)741.5The arts Graphic arts and decorative arts Drawing & drawings Cartoons, Caricatures, ComicsLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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The first story (of four) stopped me cold the first time I tried to read this, in fall 2017. Revisiting it a second time, plus a third time immediately after I'd read the rest of the book, shifted my opinion about it somewhat.
Unfortunately only one of the four is about a woman who Runs For It, though there's an old wise woman side character in another.
Overall I was unsure about some of the stories, even giving them the benefit of the doubt, but blown away by the art. ( )