{"title":"Solomon J. Brager","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSolomon J. Brager\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts striking graphic novels that blend vivid storytelling with powerful visuals. His work, including titles like \u003cem\u003eHeavyweight\u003c\/em\u003e, delves into themes of resilience and personal transformation, drawing readers into immersive, emotional narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFans of graphic novels will appreciate Brager's ability to convey complex characters and gripping plots through bold artwork and evocative dialogue. His stories invite reflection while providing a compelling, kinetic reading experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"heavyweight-by-solomon-j-brager-9780063205956","title":"Heavyweight","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA moving and provocative graphic memoir exploring inherited trauma, family history, and the ever-shifting understanding of our own identities, for readers of \u003cem\u003eGender Queer\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eI Was Their American Dream\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSolomon Brager grew up with accounts of their great-grandparents’ escape from Nazi Germany, told over and over until their understanding of self was bound up with the heroic details of their ancestors’ exploits. Their great-grandmother related how her husband, a boxing champion, thrashed Joseph Goebbels and cleared beer halls of Nazis with his fists, how she broke him out of an internment camp and carried their children over the Pyrenees mountains. But that story was never the whole picture; zooming out, everything becomes more complicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside the Levis’ propulsive journey across Europe and to the United States, Brager distills fascinating research about the Holocaust and connected periods of colonial history. \u003cem\u003eHeavyweight\u003c\/em\u003e asks us to consider how the patterns of history emerge and reverberate, not as a simple chain of events but in haunting layers. Confronting the specters of violence as both historian and descendant, this book is an exploration of family mythology, intergenerational memory, and the mark the past makes on the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn conversation with works by Rebecca Hall, Nora Krug, Rutu Modan, and Leela Corman, \u003cem\u003eHeavyweight\u003c\/em\u003e will contribute to the collective work of Holocaust studies and the chronicle of woven human stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47463101890796,"sku":"9780063205956","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780063205956-heavyweight.jpg?v=1775028752"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/solomon-j-brager.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}