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by angela kille
If you think "superhero" when you hear the phrase "graphic novel," take a second look. Trust me, they're not just for kids. Here are two I picked up this week.
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi blew me away when I read it last year, so I decided to check out her most recent novel, Chicken with Plums. This book chronicles the last eight days of her musician uncle's life in Tehran in 1958.
Nasser Ali Kahn's wife breaks his tar, his beloved instrument, during a fight. Life is no longer worth living when he cannot find another tar to replace it, so he decides to die and goes to bed.
During the eight days he spends in bed we witness his past and his children's future.
Satrapi's stark black-and-white illustrations capture Nasser Ali's pain and this book, like Persepolis, sheds light on Iranian life.
A delightful graphic novel, The Rabbi's Cat depicts a talking cat who ponders philosophical and theological questions in his life with the rabbi and his daughter.
Set in Algeria during the 1930s, the cat eats a talking parrot and is gifted with the ability to speak (although he's been able to read for years).
Intellectually complex, the cat goes everywhere with the rabbi, including a trip to Paris after the daughter marries a native of that city. Gorgeously illustrated with earthy colors, The Rabbi's Cat is as much fun to look at as read.
Looking for a few more graphic novels? Try these:
· Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi · Ice Haven by Daniel Clowes · Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel Ink. 11.26.08 {vol. 1, issue 35}