Jerusalem: A Family Portrait

By Boaz Yakin

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

An indispensible work of historical fiction about the founding of Israel from A-list Hollywood filmmaker Boaz Yakin.

Jerusalem is a sweeping, epic graphic novel that follows a single family--three generations and fifteen very different people--as they are swept up in chaos, war, and nation-making from 1940-1948. Faith, family, and politics are the heady mix that fuel this ambitious, cinematic graphic novel.

With Jerusalem, author-filmmaker Boaz Yakin turns his finely-honed storytelling skills to a topic near to his heart: Yakin's family lived in Palestine during this period and was caught up in the turmoil of war just as his characters are. This is a personal work, but it is not a book with a political ax to grind. Rather, this comic seeks to tell the stories of a huge cast of memorable characters as they wrestle with a time when nothing was clear and no path was smooth.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596435755
• ISBN13: 9781596435759
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: First Second
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 8.8"