Summary
A Holocaust survivor struggles to let go of the past
Miriam Katin has the light hand of a master storyteller in this flowing, expressive, full-color masterpiece. A Holocaust survivor and mother, Katin’s world is turned upside down by the news that her adult son is moving to Berlin, a city she’s villainized for the past forty years. As she struggles to accept her son’s decision, she visits the city twice, first to see her son and then to attend a museum gala featuring her own …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781770461031 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1770461035 |
| Author: | Miriam Katin |
| Publisher: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Imprint: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 21 April 2013 |
| Weight: | 680g |
| Dimensions: | 173mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
”[Letting It Go is] thoughtful and unflinching but also frequently funny, and drawn with considerable grace.” –National Post
“Miriam Katin’s Letting It Go is my kind of graphic memoir: loose, impressionistic, a portrait of the artist’s inner life.” –Los Angeles Times
“Letting It Go is a moving, funny look inside the artist’s thought processes as she reckons with her past and decides whether she’s going to live out her golden years in a spirit of resentment or forgiveness.” –AV Club
Miriam Katin
Miriam Katin was born in Hungary during World War II. She later immigrated to Israel and then the United States, where she worked in background design for animation studios such as MTV and Disney. She is also the author of the award-winning memoir Letting It Go. She currently lives in New York City with her husband and a giant Ficus benjamina tree.
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