Rutu Modan's graphic touch

Published: Aug. 20, 2015, 1:56 p.m.

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This week host Marcela Sulak\\xa0features a graphic novel for the first time ever on this podcast - Rutu Modan\\u2019s\\xa0The Property, translated by Jessica Cohen.

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It\'s about an Israeli grandmother and her granddaughter getting to know Warsaw as they try to reclaim a property lost during WWII.

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Marcela, with the help of her crew, reads the book\'s opening scene, set at Ben-Gurion airport, and a later scene in which Mica, the granddaughter, gets to show off her martial arts skills.

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Rutu Modan was born in Tel Aviv in 1966, and graduated from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem.\\xa0Critics have called\\xa0The Property\\xa0\\u201ca triumph of storytelling and fine lines," saying it "cements Modan\'s status as one of the foremost cartoonists working today."

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Text:
The Property, translated by Jessica Cohen. Drawn and Quarterly, 2013.

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Further Reading:
Exit Wounds, Drawn and Quarterly, 2007
Mixed Emotions, 2007, a visual blog at the New York Times
The Murder of the Terminal Patient,\\xa0a graphic serial in the New York Times Magazine, 2008
Jamilti and Other Stories, Drawn and Quarterly, 2008
Where Is?, written by Tamar Bergman, Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books 2002 (children\\u2019s book)
Dad Runs Away With The Circus, written by Etgar Keret, Cambridge, MA, Candlewick Press, 2004 (children\\u2019s book)
Maya Makes a Mess, written and drawn by Rutu Modan, Toon Books, 2012

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Music:
Nigel Kennedy & Kroke - Kazimierz
Walter Wanderley - Beach Samba
Kapela Harnasie -\\xa0Lipka Zielona

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