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Chargement... Klezmer: Tales of the Wild East (original 2005; édition 2006)par Joann Sfar
Information sur l'oeuvreKlezmer, Tome 1 : Conquête de l'Est par Joann Sfar (2005)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Great surprise Incredible drawings, reading pace almost like a ballad. The way Sfar mixes prose and tales is magnificent. The characters are distinct and each has their own voice, desires, and goals. I love the way he uses only one sort of pen, handwriting that is almost incomprehensible that wraps around the drawings, and a way of coloring that gives a totally instinctive air to create something beautiful, rhythmic, and deeply involving. Klezmer is a short graphic novel set in what Joann Sfar calls the "Wild East," Eastern Europe about a century ago. It tells of a disparate group of misfits who come together to form a klezmer band. One is the only survivor of an ambush of his musical troop, one a runaway bride, two of them are rabbinical students thrown out of their yeshiva, and the final is a gypsy. The group only gets together in the end when they all meet each other in Odessa, which launches a "to be continued" for the second volume -- which unfortunately has not been translated into English. Like all of Sfar's work, the drawing is marvelous. The story is often dark and, with the Cossacks roaming around, sometimes brutal, but also has extended lyrical sections that attempt to depict the music. The book is an interesting counterpoint to Sfar's Rabbi's Cat. Rabbi's Cat (an even better book) is set in French Algeria, at the opposite end of Jewry of Odessa. Both books feature a woman who is drawn identically -- Chava in this and Zlabya in Rabbi's Cat -- but have almost opposite characters. This unusual graphic novel set in the shtetls of pre-World War II Eastern Europe is by the also unusual Joann Sfar (a male), a prolific author who is the son of a Sephardic father and an Ashkenazi mother. While I didn’t much care for either the darkness of this story about a group of itinerant and dissimilar misfits who form a klezmer band, or the very expressionist watercolor illustrations, I did enjoy the section featuring an exploration of Odessa, and even more so, the extensive appendix, “Notes for KLEZMER, Volume 1.” I think this particular thought from the Appendix on religiosity is worth quoting: “I believe God loves those moments when we do without him. He thinks, ‘At last, they’re going to stop walking around with their nose up in the air awaiting some supernatural magic; they’re going to watch the snow and the trees and start to think a bit. They’re doing the job without me, inventing utopias that don’t have me as their essence; they are finding within themselves the reason for all things. In fact, without realizing it, they are understanding my Law, for it is the Law of the world.” I loved this also: “True to the idea that you’re better off practicing useless activities than doing harm, I put my memories into klezmer songs.” Sfar observes that the graphic novel asks a lot of readers, and I agree. I think I am not always up to the task. But I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this book - it has a magic that grows on you if you do the work demanded of a reader of this genre. Note: This book has adult themes. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"Klezmer" tells a wild tale of love, friendship, survival, and the joy of making music in pre-World War II Eastern Europe. The Baron of My Backside is perfectly content as the leader of a traveling klezmer band, until his bandmates are brutally murdered. He sets out for Odessa alone, inconsolable even after he is joined by Chava, a beautiful girl with a voice like an angel. Meanwhile, Yaacov is expelled from his yeshiva for stealing; he too makes his way to Odessa along with Vincenzo, a violinist, and Tshokola, a gypsy entertainer. When these five misfits finally come together, they must set aside their differences and learn to work together (and rock a crowd) through their music. Tragic, humorous, violent, and tender, "Klezmer's" rich watercolor art and simple but moving story-telling draws you into the lives of these fascinating characters. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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