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Paracuellos TPB IDW Publishing - Very Good

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Paracuellos TPB IDW Publishing - Very GoodVERY GOOD Book is in Very Good condition with some shelf wear, light loss of gloss, etc but no major issues like creases, missing pages, water damage, ripped cover, etc. Book likely has a remainder mark. Creators: Carlos Gimenez Publisher: IDW Publishing ISBN: 9781631404689 Binding: Trade Paperback Pages: 136 pages On Sale Date: 3 22 2016 Dimensions: 10. 9 in H 8. 5 in W 0. 5 in T 1. 5 lb Wt Rating: Ages 13 to 16 Paracuellos is a work of great

VERY GOOD -Book is in Very Good condition with some shelf wear, light loss of gloss, etc but no major issues like creases, missing pages, water damage, ripped cover, etc. Book likely has a remainder mark.

Creators: Carlos Gimenez

Publisher: IDW Publishing
ISBN: 9781631404689
Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 136 pages
On Sale Date: 3/22/2016
Dimensions: 10.9 in H | 8.5 in W | 0.5 in T | 1.5 lb Wt
Rating: Ages 13 to 16

Paracuellos is a work of great courage, created at a time when telling the truth about Spain's political past could get one killed. It is arguably the most important graphic memoir ever created in comics. With a preface by Will Eisner.

Carlos Gimnez's autobiographical account of the plight of children in post-World War II Fascist Spain has won virtually every comics award in Europe, including Best Album at the 1981 Angoulme Festival, and the Heritage Award at Angoulme in 2010.

In the late 1930s when Spanish fascists led by Franco, and aided by Hitler and Mussolini, overthrew the elected government, almost 200,000 men and women fell in battle, were executed, or died in prison. Their orphaned childrenand others ripped from the homes of the defeatedwere shuttled from Church-run home to home and fed a steady diet of torture and disinformation by a totalitarian state bent on making them productive citizens.

Carlos Gimnez was one of those children. In 1975, after Franco's death, Carlos began to tell his story. Breaking the code of silence proved to be a milestone, both for the comics medium and for a country coming to terms with its past.

An illustrated essay by Carmen Moreno-Nuo, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Kentucky, places the comics in historical perspective.

The stories transcend just being about a historical moment in Spain. Their humanity will speak to everyone. The stories are heartbreakers, but Carlos never loses his sense of humor.William Stout

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