Jewish in America: Brownsville & The Big Kahn - Couverture souple

Allen, Jake

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1561637009 ISBN 13 : 9781561637003

Editeur : NBM Publishing Company, 2012

Synopsis

Award-winning comics writer Neil Kleid explores two aspects of being Jewish in America in this banded set of his highly praised graphic novels: "Brownsville" and "The Big Kahn." "Brownsville" is set in 1930s Brooklyn and follows the intertwined lives of Jewish gangsters Allie Tanennbaum, Abe Reles, and scores of hoods organized by Louis Lepke Buchalter as they undertake the deadliest hit in Mafia history, "Murder, Inc." As they escape the mean streets and lonely tenements of East New York and make themselves into the most dangerous men in America, they eventually send their best friends and closest allies up the river. In "The Big Kahn," Rabbi David Kahn has lived a 40-year lie: he is not, nor has he ever been, Jewish. At his funeral, the "rabbi's" brother reveals the truth, forcing the Kahn family to struggle with grief and betrayal as their congregation questions their very faith. A drama about loss, lies, belief, and renewal, this graphic account of a family secret explores the very nature of faith.

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

Rising star and award-winning comics writer Neil Kleid explores two aspects of what it's like being Jewish within America in this banded set of two highly praised graphic novels: Brownsville and The Big Kahn. Set in 1930s Brooklyn, Brownsville follows the intertwined lives of Jewish gangsters Allie Tanennbaum, Abe Reles and scores of hoods organised by Louis Lepke Buchalter as they make themselves into the most dangerous men in America. The Big Kahn is an exploration of the very nature of faith when it is discovered that Rabbi David Kahn lived a forty-year lie and was never Jewish.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: NBM Publishing Company
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1561637009
• ISBN 13: 9781561637003
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 390
• Illustrateur: Cinquegrani Nicholas