Grass keum6/22/2023 ![]() ![]() Hee-Eun Kim, Keum Suk Gendry-Kim (Translator), Loc Gendry (Translator) 3.90 avg rating 122 ratings published 2007 3 editions. Un Baiser Pour Mon Prince, Tome 3 (Un Baiser Pour Mon Prince, 3) by. ![]() Grass is a landmark graphic novel that makes personal the desperate cost of war and the importance of peace. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. The cartoonist Gendry-Kim's interviews with Lee become an integral part of Grass, forming the heart and architecture of this powerful nonfiction graphic novel and offering a holistic view of how Lee's wartime suffering changed her. If I liked Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, what should I read next Forbidden Harbor Teresa Radice. Grass is a powerful antiwar graphic novel, telling the life story of a Korean girl named Okseon Lee who was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese. Grass is painted in a black ink that flows with lavish details of the beautiful fields and farmland of Korea and uses heavy brushwork on the somber interiors of Lee's memories. Keum Suk Gendry-Kim emphasizes Lee's strength in overcoming the many forms of adversity she experienced. ![]() Beginning in Lee's childhood, Grass shows the leadup to World War II from a child's vulnerable perspective, detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering it entailed for ordinary Korean folk. Summary: "Grass is a powerful anti-war graphic novel, offering up firsthand the life story of a Korean girl named Okseon Lee who was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army during the second World War - a disputed chapter in 20th century Asian history. ![]()
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