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Charyn, Jerome

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486803910 ISBN 13: 9780486803913

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc, 2016

Synopsis

"One of the most important writers in American literature." ― Michael Chabon "Charyn skillfully breathes life into historical icons." ― The New Yorker "Charyn, like Nabokov, is that most fiendish sort of writer ― so seductive as to beg imitation, so singular as to make imitation impossible." ― Tom Bissell Inspired by Herman Melville's novella, this graphic novel from the creators of The Magician's Wife recounts a gifted and innocent young man's recruitment by the Soviet secret service and his adventures in New York City as a spy. Publishers Weekly praised the tale as "vivid and sensitive" and the illustrations as "brilliant and meticulous." This edition boasts a new English translation by author Jerome Charyn and Introduction by Paul Pope (Batman: Year 100). Suggested for mature readers.

About this title

About the Author

Called "a contemporary American Balzac" by New York Newsday, Jerome Charyn is the author of thirty novels, three memoirs, eight graphic novels, and other acclaimed works. Two of his memoirs were named New York Times Book of the Year, he has been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and he was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in 1983. Charyn has also received the Rosenthal Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and has been named Commander of Arts and Letters (Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) by the French Minister of Culture. François Boucq is a French comic book artist, best known for creating the character Jérôme Moucherot. He was awarded the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême in 1998.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486803910
• ISBN 13: 9780486803913
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128