Grass is a powerful anti-war graphic novel,offering up firsthand the life story of a Korean girl named Okseon Lee who was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army during the second World War a disputed chapter in 20th century Asian history.Beginning in Lee s childhood,Grass shows the leadup to World War II from a child s vulnerable perspective,detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering it entailed for ordinary Korean folk.Keum Suk Gendry-Kim emphasizes Lee s strength in overcoming the many forms of adversity she experienced. Grass is painted in a black ink that flows with lavish details of the beautiful fields and farmland of Korea and uses heavy brushwork on the somber interiors of Lee s memories.Cartoonist Gendry-Kim s interviews with Lee become an integral part of Grass,forming the heart and architecture of this powerful non-fiction graphic novel and offering a holistic view of how Lee s wartime suffering changed her. Grass is a landmark graphic novel that makes personal the desperate cost of war and the importance of peace.
Publisher: Drawn and QuarterlyISBN: 9781770463622Dimensions: 222 x 150 mm
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