Alte Zachen: Old Things
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Alte Zachen: Old Things by Ziggy Hanaor
Winner of the Moira Gemmill Illustrator of the Year Award 2024Winner of the V&A Illustration for Children Award 2024
Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration 2023
Longlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2023
A beautifully illustrated and presented intergenerational graphic novel that follows 11-year-old Benji and his elderly grandmother, Bubbe Rosa, as they traverse Brooklyn and Manhattan, gathering the ingredients for a Friday night dinner.
Bubbe’s relationship with the city is complex & nothing is quite as she remembered it and she feels alienated and angry at the world around her. Benji, on the other hand, looks at the world, and his grandmother, with clear-eyed acceptance. As they wander the city, we catch glimpses of Bubbe’s childhood in Germany, her young adulthood in 1950s Brooklyn, and her relationships; first with a baker called Gershon, and later with successful Joe, Benji’s grandfather. Gradually we piece together snippets of Bubbe’s life, gaining an insight to some of the things that have formed her cantankerous personality. The journey culminates on the Lower East Side in a moving reunion between Rosa and Gershon, her first love. As the sun sets, Benji and his Bubbe walk home over the Williamsburg Bridge to make dinner.
This is a powerful, affecting and deceptively simple story of Jewish identity, of generational divides, of the surmountability of difference and of a restless city and its inhabitants.
Ziggy Hanaor is a publisher and writer. She is the author of I Am a Potato! and The Pocket Chaotic, and the graphic novels such as The Egg Incident and Everything Amplified.
Benjamin Phillips finds inspiration in human interaction, the humour and turmoil of everyday life and the joy of repetition. His clients include New York Times, Penguin Random House, Ebury Press and the British Council. He is the illustrator of One Day by Michael Rosen, and the author of The Man With Very Long Legs.
Benjamin Phillips finds inspiration in human interaction, the humour and turmoil of everyday life and the joy of repetition. His clients include New York Times, Penguin Random House, Ebury Press and the British Council. He is the illustrator of One Day by Michael Rosen, and the author of The Man With Very Long Legs.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781800660229 |
| ISBN 10 | 1800660227 |
| Title | Alte Zachen: Old Things |
| Author | Ziggy Hanaor |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cicada Books |
| Year published | 2022-04-28 |
| Number of pages | 72 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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