But I Live by Charlotte Schalli

But I Live by Charlotte Schalli

In this powerful book, three graphic novelists tell the stories of Holocaust survivors, bringing their testimonies to life and seamlessly connecting the past with the present.

"The superb, heart-rending book But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust collects the testimonies of four survivors in a graphic narrative format for new generationsIt is a powerful and indispensable educational tool not just for high school students, for whom it was designed, but for anyone. Readers can now carry these indelible stories forward."

* Quill & Quire *

"I'm convinced that we need more books like this, so that we can preserve a terrible history in a way that makes it easily accessible on the one hand, but also allows a different, very personal access to the stories on the other. I think that this book belongs with Maus in every bookcase."

-- Tobi Dahmen, comic artist and illustrator * www.tobidahmen.de *

"The graphic narratives in But I Live are powerful and relate the Holocaust stories in profound and intense ways that words alone cannot. Created for middle readers, this book is suitable for adults too."

-- Beverly Cramp * BC BookWorld *

"Last week I was given a gift of sadness, a gift of violence, fear, tragedy and suffering…But it was also a gift of courage, extraordinary determination, unimaginable resilience, and ultimately triumph…The gift came in the form of a recently published collection of three graphic novellas called But I Live. It is a remarkable achievement bringing together four survivors with three writer/illustrators who help portray the harrowing journey of the survivors’ young lives."

-- Chris * In a Spacious Place *

"The combination of stories and artwork is powerful and chilling."

-- Dean Poling * Valdosta Daily Times *
“Who should read this book? Young adults, for sure. But also teachers. Makers of memorials and exhibitions. Historians, literary and art scholars, everyone.” -- Christian Staas * Die Zeit *
“But I Live is a uniquely conceived and structured work that explores new possibilities for Holocaust representation at a moment in history that will see the end of direct survivor testimony. It is distinguished by its multigenre, polyphonic layering of perspectives and forms of representation, organizing a deeply engaging dialogue among survivors, graphic artists, and scholars, who, in concert, arouse, mediate, and reckon with the traumatic past.” -- Victoria Aarons, Trinity University * Holocaust and Genocide Studies *

Charlotte Schallié is a professor of Germanic Studies and Holocaust Studies at the University of Victoria.

Barbara Yelin studied illustration at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. In 2014, Yelin published the award-winning graphic novel Irmina.

Gilad Seliktar is an acclaimed graphic novelist and children’s book illustrator.

Miriam Libicki holds an MFA in Creative Writing and is an award-winning graphic novelist.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781487526849
ISBN 10	1487526849
Title	But I Live
Author	Charlotte Schallié
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	University of Toronto Press
Year published	2022-05-31
Number of pages	200
Prizes	Winner of 2022 Canadian Jewish Literary Award for Biography 2022 (Canada), Winner of The Kahn Family Foundation Prize for Holocaust Awarded by the Western Canada Jewish Book Awards 2023 (Canada), Winner of 2023 Prose Award for Biography/Autobiography Awarded by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) 2023 (United States), Winner of 2023 Prose Award for Nonfiction Graphic Novels Awarded by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) 2023 (United States), Commended for 2022 Foreword INDIES for Graphic Novels and Comics Awarded by Foreword Reviews 2023 (United States), Short-listed for 2023 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for Best Reality-Based Work 2023 (United States), Short-listed for JewCie Award for Diverse Representation Awarded by the Center for Jewish History 2023 (Canada), Short-listed for 2023 Excellence in Graphic Literature Award for Book of the Year Awarded by Pop Culture Classroom 2023 (United States), Short-listed for 2023 Excellence in Graphic Literature Award for Young Adult Non-Fiction Awarded by Pop Culture Classroom 2023 (United States), Short-listed for 2023 Vine Award for Canadian Jewish Literature - Young Adult/Children Awarded by the Koffler Centre of the Arts 2023 (Canada)
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.