Fatherland - The Library of the Uncommons

copertina rigida, 160 pages

Italiano language

Published Oct. 6, 2016 by Rizzoli Lizard.

ISBN:: 978-88-17-08907-4

Nina aveva solo due anni quando sua madre fuggì dal Canada alla volta della Jugoslavia, portando con sé lei e sua sorella. La donna non scappava dalla miseria, ma da Peter, suo marito: un nazionalista serbo coinvolto in una sanguinaria rete terroristica internazionale. In Fatherland Nina Bunjevac offre un vivido ritratto di quest'uomo segnato nel profondo dalla violenza sin dalla più tenera età e ritrovatosi dissidente sotto il regime comunista di Tito. Grazie al suo bianco e nero duro e toccante, Fatherland riesce dove hanno fallito tanti libri di storia: raccontare una terra dilaniata dal mito del sangue e della razza attraverso le vicende personali di un uomo fatalmente sedotto dalla follia.

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Literally Graphic reviewed Fatherland by Nina Bunjevac

Review of 'Fatherland' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

An interesting contrast to what we Westerners might think of as a typical story book immigration experience. Fatherland is the true (and often convoluted) story of Nina's family's journey back and forth between Canada and Yugoslavia. Giving a personal face to a side of life post WWII that I was pretty interested in learning about.

The art style of this comic is pretty brutal, and not in a violent or graphic way, just in its stark dramatic cross hatching lines. Everything feels like it has a warped grid over it, and sometimes that was kind of distracting. It took a while for me to really get used to it and I'm still not overly fond of Nina Bunjevac's style - that said, it did feel like it matched the tone and subject matter rather well and Bunjevac is clearly a very talented artist, so how much can I really complain?

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An interesting contrast to what we Westerners might think of as a typical story book immigration experience. Fatherland is the true (and often convoluted) story of Nina's family's journey back and forth between Canada and Yugoslavia. Giving a personal face to a side of life post WWII that I was pretty interested in learning about.

The art style of this comic is pretty brutal, and not in a violent or graphic way, just in its stark dramatic cross hatching lines. Everything feels like it has a warped grid over it, and sometimes that was kind of distracting. It took a while for me to really get used to it and I'm still not overly fond of Nina Bunjevac's style - that said, it did feel like it matched the tone and subject matter rather well and Bunjevac is clearly a very talented artist, so how much can I really complain?

As far as the story goes, it certainly felt a little bit off kilter at times. Bunjevac's story jumps from her life to far back family history to recent history to the history of the Serbs and the Croats - in general, I don't recall if this was the exact sequence. By the end I'm pretty sure that the focus of this book was supposed to be her father (cover art duh) but I'm not exactly sure what the point was I guess. Maybe I'm just too used to having people try and manipulate me through media but I would have appreciated some larger point to come out by the end.

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