The Property - by Rutu Modan (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>TV producer Mica Segal accompanies her grandmother, Regina, on the old lady's first return to Warsaw since she fled, pregnant by a gentile with Mica's late father, to Palestine in 1939. On the plane, the son of a friend of Regina's ebulliently accosts the women and thereafter seems to show up wherever they go, even separately. Mica shakes him by dodging into a cafe, where she meets a charming Pole who leads Jewish history tours. Not by chance, Regina comes on her own to the same cafe to meet an old man who lives in the building. While the purpose of the trip is to assert Regina's title to a building her parents had owned, what develops is an intrafamilial tiff, an ultimately fulfilling reunion, and the possible start of a romance.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>INCLUDED ON MORE THAN TEN BEST OF THE YEAR LISTS, INCLUDING THE GUARDIAN, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, SALON, AMAZON, AND THE WASHINGTON POST!</b> <p/><b>Modan delights in bringing the subtlest emotional shadings to vivid and often comical life on the page...[<i>The Property</i> is a] wryly funny and ultimately wrenching graphic novel.</b> -<b>NPR</b> <p/><b>The award-winning author of <i>Exit Wounds</i> returns with a story about secrets, money, and the bonds of love</b> <p/><i>The Property</i> is a work that will inspire, fascinate, and delight readers and critics alike. Savvy and insightful, elegant and subtle, Rutu Modan's second full-length graphic novel is a triumph of storytelling and fine lines. <p/>After the death of her son, Regina Segal takes her granddaughter Mica to Warsaw, hoping to reclaim a family property lost during the Second World War. As they get to know modern Warsaw, Regina is forced to recall difficult things about her past, and Mica begins to wonder if maybe their reasons for coming aren't a little different than what her grandmother led her to believe. <p/>Modan offers up a world populated by prickly seniors, smart-alecky public servants, and stubborn women-a world whose realism is expressed alternately in the absurdity of people's behavior and in the complex consequences of their sacrifices. Modan's ever-present wit is articulated perfectly in her clear-line style, while a subtle, almost muted color palette complements the true-to-life nuances of her characterization. <i>Exit Wounds</i> made a huge splash for this signature combination of wit, style, and realism, and <i>The Property </i>will cement Modan's status as one of the foremost cartoonists working today.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Modan is masterful at creating complex motivations, exploring the confusion her characters create in each other and, more fundamentally, in themselves." --<i>Los Angeles Times</i> <p/>"My comic book of the year, by a mile, is Rutu Modan's <i>The Property</i>... in which Mica Segal, a young Israeli woman, travels to Warsaw with her irascible grandmother to help her reclaim the apartment building she and her family were forced to give up in 1940...This, believe me, has everything you could possibly want in a comic: great pictures, a multilayered story, mystery, sharp wit." --<i>The Guardian's Graphic Books of the Year</i> <p/>"What <i>The Property</i> most resembles is an excellent independent film, full of nuanced performances and funny lines... Modan's artwork is lovely and understated; it's the cleverness of her storytelling that shines brightest here." --<i>Salon.com's Unforgettable Graphic Novels of 2013</i> <p/>"Modan's clear line art delineates the complex web of loves, lies, and invented pasts. This beautifully realized narrative shows how history shapes us but cannot destroy us." --<i>Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2013</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Born in Tel Aviv in 1966, <b>Rutu Modan</b> is an illustrator and cartoonist. She cofounded an independent publishing house for alternative comic artists, Actus Tragicus, and has received much recognition for her work, both within Israel and abroad, including nominations for Eisner, Ignatz, and Angoulême awards. Modan has taught comics and illustration at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, and currently lives in England with her family.
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