Overview
Hierba es la historia real de una superviviente: Lee Ok-Sun, unaĀ joven coreana que durante la Guerra del PacĆfico fue explotada comoĀ Ā«mujer de consueloĀ», el eufemismo utilizado por el ejĆ©rcito imperial japonĆ©s para referirse a sus esclavas sexuales. A dĆa de hoy, aquel sigue siendo uno de los capĆtulos mĆ”s oscuros del siglo XX.Ā Partiendo de las entrevistas que mantuvo con Lee Ok-Sun en unaĀ residencia de ancianos, la autora ha narrado el devenir de su infancia en un ambiente extremadamente humilde, vendida sucesivamente a variasĀ familias adoptivas, hasta que llegĆ³ la ocupaciĆ³n japonesa y en 1942 fue trasladada a la fuerza a una base aĆ©rea en China.Ā
CĆMIC DEL AĆO para The New York Times, The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Library Journal.Ā
GANADOR DE LOS PREMIOS: Harvey Award, Krause Essay Prize,Ā Cartoonist Studio Prize, Big Other Book Award, YALSA Book Award, Prix Bulles dHumanitĆ©.Ā
FINALISTA DE LOS PREMIOS: Eisner Award, Believer Book Award, LA Times Book Prize, Ringo Award.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Appeared on best of the year lists from The New York Times, The Guardian, and more! Winner of The Cartoonist Studio Prize for Best Print Comic of the Year!
Grass is a powerful antiwar graphic novel, telling the life story of a Korean girl named Okseon Lee who was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army during the Second World Warāa disputed chapter in twentieth-century Asian history.
Beginning in Leeās childhood, Grass shows the lead-up to the war from a childās vulnerable perspective, detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering it entailed for ordinary Koreans. Keum Suk Gendry-Kim emphasizes Leeās strength in overcoming the many forms of adversity she experienced. Grass is painted in a black ink that flows with lavish details of the beautiful fields and farmland of Korea and uses heavy brushwork on the somber interiors of Leeās memories.
The cartoonist Gendry-Kimās interviews with Lee become an integral part of Grass, forming the heart and architecture of this powerful nonfiction graphic novel and offering a holistic view of how Leeās wartime suffering changed her. Grass is a landmark graphic novel that makes personal the desperate cost of war and the importance of peace.
This book title, Hierba / Grass, ISBN: 9788418052071, by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (June 7, 2022) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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