Heimat

Name: Heimat
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780141980102
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A German Family Album

By Nora Krug

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Heimat by Nora Krug is a graphic memoir exploring the author's quest to understand her family's complex history during World War II in Germany. Through a mix of illustrations, photographs, and handwritten letters, Krug delves into themes of identity, memory, and guilt as she unravels the personal and national narratives of her homeland. This deeply personal journey offers insight into the lasting impacts of history and the search for belonging.
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You might enjoy this graphic novel if you're fascinated by personal and historical journeys. The author delves into her family's past in Nazi Germany, blending memoir, history, and graphic art to explore identity and the concept of home. It's an evocative and thought-provoking read for those interested in how personal stories intersect with larger historical events.

Heimat

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A powerful and deeply affecting graphic memoir that explores identity, guilt and the meaning of home for a postwar German.

Nora Krug grew up as a second-generation German after the end of the Second World War, struggling with a profound ambivalence towards her country's recent past. Travelling as a teenager, her accent alone evoked raw emotions in the people she met, an anger she understood and shared.

Seventeen years after leaving Germany for the US, Nora Krug decided she couldn't know who she was without confronting where she'd come from. In Heimat, she documents her journey investigating the lives of her family members under the Nazi regime, visually charting her way back to a country still tainted by war. Beautifully illustrated and lyrically told, Heimat is a powerful meditation on the search for cultural identity, and the meaning of history and home.

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Nora Krug's Heimat has been lauded as a visually inventive and brave exploration of family history, particularly concerning the author's German heritage during the Nazi era. Critics praise Krug's tenacity in unearthing stories from the slightest of clues and commend her ability to capture the complexity of guilt and identity in a compelling graphic memoir. Through a mix of illustrations, photographs, and handwritten notes, she offers a deeply personal yet universally resonant narrative, delivering an honest reflection on the intersection of personal and national history.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141980102

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 September 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 230.0mm

Weight: 710g

Pages: 288

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Biography & Memoir European History Fiction Graphic Novels History & Military Nora Krug Penguin Books

About the Author

Nora Krug is a German-American author, illustrator and associate professor in the Illustration Program at the Parsons School of Design in New York City. Her drawings and visual narratives have appeared in publications including The New York Times, the Guardian and le Monde Diplomatique, and in a number of anthologies. A recipient of numerous prestigious fellowships, her books are included in the Library of Congress and the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University. Her illustrations have been recognized with three gold medals from the Society of Illustrators and a Silver Cube from the New York Art Directors Club. Krug's work has been exhibited internationally, and her animations shown at the Sundance Film Festival.