Exit Wounds - Softcover

Modan, Rutu

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1897299834 ISBN 13: 9781897299838

Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly, 2000

Synopsis

Set in modern-day Tel Aviv, a young man,Koby Franco, receives an urgent phone call from a female soldier. Learning that his estranged father may have been a victim of a suicide bombing in Hadera, Koby reluctantly joins the soldier in searching for clues. His death would certainly explain his empty apartment and disconnected phone line. As Koby tries to unravel the mystery of his father''s death, he finds himself piecing together not only the last few months of his father''s life but his entire identity. With thin, precise lines and luscious watercolors, Rutu Modan creates a portrait of modern Israel, a place where sudden death mingles with the slow dissolution of family ties.

Exit Wounds is the North American graphic-novel debut from one of Israel''s best-known cartoonists. Modan has received several awards in Israel and abroad, including the Best Illustrated Children''s Book Award from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem four times and Young Artist of the Year by the Israel Ministry of Culture. She is a chosen artist of the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation.

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About the Author

Rutu Modan is an Illustrator, comics artist, and associate professor at the Bezalel Academy of Art & Design in Jerusalem. After publishing several comic strips in the Israeli media, Modan co-founded the Actus Comics group. In 2008 her book Exit Wounds won the Eisner Award. Her 2013 graphic novel The Property won the Eisner Award for Best Graphic Novel, the Special Jury Prize in the International Comics Festival in Angouleme, France, and the first prize for best book of the year in Lucca Comics & Games Festival, Italy. Modan's comics and children's books have been translated into 15 languages. In 2013 she cofounded an independent publishing house specialising in comics for young children.

From the Back Cover

Hailed as “Best comic of the year” by Entertainment Weekly, this graphic novel classic set in Tel Aviv returns in a new 2nd printing trade paperback. Exit Wounds recounts the story of a young man, Koby Franco, who receives an urgent phone call from a female soldier. Learning that his estranged father may have been a victim of a suicide bombing in Hadera, Koby reluctantly joins the soldier in searching for clues. With thin, precise lines and luscious watercolors, Rutu Modan creates a portrait of modern Israel, a place where sudden death mingles with the slow dissolution of family ties.

Edition details

• Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1897299834
• ISBN 13: 9781897299838
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168