*Many thanks to Pantheon Books for the gifted copy. All opinions expressed in this review are my own. This book was published on April 02, 2024.*

Set in 1943, Victory Parade by Leela Corman is a brutal yet profoundly moving meditation on the horrors of war and trauma, the challenges faced by the women who contributed to the WWII effort back home while they waited for their men to return from the war front, Jewish refugees fleeing persecution and the physical and psychological scars left on those returning from home.

The narrative, presented in vivid watercolor, follows the cast of characters among whom are Rose, a married woman employed as a welder in Brooklyn who is involved in a relationship with a disabled veteran; Ruth, a German Jewish refugee taken in by Rose who finds a violent outlet to vent the simmering rage she harbors; and Sam, Rose’s husband who returns home destined to be haunted by visions of what he witnessed in the liberated concentration camps. Through haunting imagery illustrator Leela Corman presents their stories - perspectives from their past, present and beyond– real and surreal – cathartic, nightmarish and devastating.

Intense and dark yet brilliantly composed, this graphic novel is an experience that I would not hesitate to recommend to those who read WWII fiction.… (meer)

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srms.reads | May 1, 2024 |

Unterzakhn (Pantheon Graphic Library) door Leela Corman

...and once again the blurb is just kind of bizarre -- related to the book, but not accurate. Anyway. Love the artistic style, love the Yiddish throughout, love the storytelling. It's a little bit one note, in that it feels like all the stories are about sex in one way or another -- the filter each character is seen through, almost, but it's hard to put down, and it paints a vivid picture of turn of the century New York.

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jennybeast | 7 andere besprekingen | Apr 14, 2022 |

Unterzakhn (Pantheon Graphic Library) door Leela Corman

Oh! I loved this tale of Jewish twin sisters whose lives take divergent paths--one becomes a dancer and prostitute, the other a protégé of an OBGYN who performs illegal abortions. The stark black and white was just perfect for the turn-of-the-century New York setting, and the use of Yiddish really puts you right into their community. This is SO SAD but SO GOOD.

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LibroLindsay | 7 andere besprekingen | Jun 18, 2021 |

Unterzakhn (Pantheon Graphic Novels) door Leela Corman

graphic novel. twin girls growing up in an immigrant family in the Lower East Side of NY. Tragic, painful treatment of girls and women

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