Christina Christidou từ Slyzneve, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

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05/21/2024

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Christina Christidou Sách lại (11)

2020-01-04 12:30

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This book was fantastic. It is a story about two young Jewish cousins, one schooled in fine art and trained in the particulars of Houdini escape, smuggled from Prague to America in 1939, just as the Jews began truly fearing what the Nazi party might do to them. The other is a New York kid (19 years old, but written as more of a teen than adult), with an entrepreneur's spirit and big dreams of creating his own comic book heroes at a time when comic books were just beginning to take hold of the country. Within hours of meeting, they set out to create a comic book empire based around the adventures of The Escapist, a magician of sorts dedicated to freeing the people enslaved by Nazis while bringing Hitler to his knees. Both boys are living out complex fears and dreams and secret desires through the characters they create - in particular Joe who is desperately fighting to bring his family to America with his earnings - and the story is fantastically well crafted. I know little about early 1940's New York, so at times it is a slow read (the amount of information about comic book production and the subtle effects of the war on the New York public is remarkable), but I keep finding myself completely mesmerized by the story - responding audibly to shock or sadness and then laughing at myself for being so utterly entwined with the direction of the characters. It's almost like stepping into a vintage Superman comic, yet behind the scenes, seeing it from an entirely different angle, given light onto the limitations and fabrications of such a monumental craft. I can't believe I'm raving about a book about comic books - but honestly, there is a stark difference between mediocre writing and the story telling of a Pulitzer Prize winning author. I am floored by this novel.

Người đọc Christina Christidou từ Slyzneve, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.