Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan
Set in modern-day Tel Aviv, a young man, Koby Franco, receives an urgent phone call from a female soldier. Learning that his estranged father may have been a victim of a suicide bombing in Hadera, Koby reluctantly joins the soldier in searching for clues. His death would certainly explain his empty apartment and disconnected phone line. As Koby tries to unravel the mystery of his father's death, he finds himself piecing together not only the last few months of his father's life but his entire identity. With thin, precise lines and luscious watercolors, Rutu Modan creates a portrait of modern Israel, a place where sudden death mingles with the slow dissolution of family ties.
Exit Wounds is the North American graphic-novel debut from one of Israel's best-known cartoonists. Modan has received several awards in Israel and abroad, including the Best Illustrated Children's Book Award from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem four times and Young Artist of the Year by the Israel Ministry of Culture. She is a chosen artist of the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation.
Rutu Modan is an Israeli illustrator and comic book artist. She is a graduate of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, and former editor of the Hebrew edition of MAD magazine. She, and former MAD colleague Yirmi Pinkus, founded Actus Tragicus, a publishing collective of Israeli comic book artists in 1995. She is also the recipient of multiple artistic awards, including the Israel Museum's Young Artist of the Year (1997) and Best Illustrated Children's Book (1998, 2000, 2002) prizes, the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation's designated Outstanding Artist (2005), and the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for her book Exit Wounds in 2008. In 2012, she released Maya Makes a Mess with TOON Books, the first children's book she both wrote and illustrated. Her most recent comic, The Property, was released by Drawn and Quarterly in May 2013.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781897299067 |
| ISBN 10 | 1897299060 |
| Title | Exit Wounds |
| Author | Rutu Modan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Drawn & Quarterly |
| Year published | 2007-06-29 |
| Number of pages | 172 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Quill Awards (Graphic Novel) 2007 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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