The story of Nat Turner and his slave rebellion—which began on August 21; 1831; in Southampton County; Virginia—is known among school children and adults. To some he is a hero; a symbol of Black resistance and a precursor to the civil rights movement; to others he is monster—a murderer whose name is never uttered. In Nat Turner; acclaimed author and illustrator Kyle Baker depicts the evils of slavery in this moving and historically accurate story of Nat Turner’s slave rebellion. Told nearly wordlessly; every image resonates with the reader as the brutal story unfolds. Find teaching guides for Nat Turner and other titles at abramsbooks.com/resources. This graphic novel collects all four issues of Kyle Baker’s critically acclaimed miniseries together for the first time in hardcover and paperback. The book also includes a new afterword by Baker. “A hauntingly beautiful historical spotlight. A-†—Entertainment Weekly “Baker’s storytelling is magnificent.†—Variety “Intricately expressive faces and trenchant dramatic pacing evoke the diabolic slave trade’s real horrors.†—The Washington Post “Baker’s drawings are worthy of a critic’s attention.â€â€”Los Angeles Times “Baker’s suspenseful and violent work documents the slave trade’s atrocities as no textbook can; with an emotional power approaching that of Maus.â€â€”Library Journal; starred review
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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful. Recommended without reservationBy JeanieThis invaluable collection belongs; in the best possible world; next to a collection of documentary fiction about experiences in the labor and death camp; Auschwitz-Birkenau -- We Were In Auschwitz. These letters to and from Tadeusz Borowski not only help correct some of the mistakes about the publication of his most widely anthologized story; "This Way to the Gas; Ladies and Gentlemen;" but give a much needed portrait of Polish people--artists; writers; mothers and fathers; all across the ideological field-- post WW2. The translator for this collection (as well as the Welcome Rain version of We Were in Auschwitz) is very knowledgable about the time; having lived through the German occupation and deported as a child to a work camp (Poles as Slaves)from her native Warsaw. The reader not only gets a sense in these letters from the prison in Warsaw (pawkiak); letters from Auschwitz; and from Munich post-war and Warsaw and Berlin; of how tenuous post-war existence was for people who quite literally went to hell and back; but provides first-person; private accounts of what it means to put a life back together in the wake of great destruction. Borowski is still taught and well-known and yet controversial in Poland today. Borowski has often been accused of nihilism; and of writing like Celine. This collection of letters demonstrates a fuller range of his personality; showing his youth; affectionate humour; idealism; and indebtedness to a vast network of Polish intellectuals; artists; family and friends-- as well as testifying to a massive grief and dislocation.
