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Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me

Harvey Pekar, J T Waldman, Charles Pritchett

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Product Details
Format:
Hardback
ISBN:
9780809094820
Published:
01 Aug 2012
Publisher:
Macmillan
Dimensions:
176 pages - 152 x 229mm

Harvey Pekar’s mother was a Zionist by way of politics. His father was a Zionist by way of faith. Whether handing out communist pamphlets, attending Zionist picnics, or going to daily Hebrew classes, Pekar grew up a staunch supporter of the Jewish state. But he was also an autodidact from the moment he could read, and as he grew up he confronted more and more questions his parents couldn’t answer. Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me interweaves Pekar’s gradual disaffection with the modern state of Israel with a comprehensive history of the Jews, from biblical times to the present. Told over the course of a single day in Cleveland, Ohio, the graphic novel follows Pekar and the book’s illustrator, JT Waldman, as they wrestle with the mythologies and realities surrounding the Jewish homeland. Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me is a graphic memoir from the man who defined the genre.

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Harvey Pekar is best known for his graphic autobiography, "American Splendor," which was based on his long-running comic-book series and was adapted into a film of the same name. He died in 2010.

JT Waldman is an artist, interactive designer, and comic-book creator. He is the author and illustrator of the graphic novel "Megillat Esther." He lives in Philadelphia.

Joyce Brabner is an award-winning author of graphic books. She frequently collaborated with her late husband, Harvey Pekar, on his "American Splendor" series. She lives in Cleveland.

In Harvey Pekar’s final memoir, he recounts the entire history of the Jews to explain how he lost his faith in the state of Israel

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