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So quick to read and so difficult to stomach. Another timely look at war on Gaza, this time a graphic novel.

I live here, so why you following me?
Mr. Master Race, but still no GED
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Fear in your flesh, you so scared to be replaced
Think you a future billionaire, but your future's being erased

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Death Cult Zombie by Genesis Owusu
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Fazit: Don‘t trust men. 😝

This takes a different perspective now that the war in Gaza appears to have come to an end. When I started it the war was still raging. And the ants-Israel pro-Hamas movement was in full swing as well. This book was a reminder of the horrors of October 7th and why we should support the only country in the Middle East that support western values.

For fans of retellings about women in history. I do wish there would have been an author‘s note at the end that let us know what was based in fact and what was hypothetical/liberties taken by the author.

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As with most short story collections, I liked some more than others, but enjoyed it all nonetheless.

I‘m going to venture that this is one of the most important books on Gaza to be published since 7 Oct. 2023. Mishra grew up in India where Israel was highly influential at the time. He grew up idolizing Israeli war heroes. Until he was old enough to see the situation for himself.

I applaud Mishra for his directness: this book doesn‘t end on a false hope. He lays out succinctly the past, present, & well… what future is there after Gaza?

My last category completed for the #OffMyShelf challenge! 🥳 “Gifted by a friend”.

In the acknowledgments, we find the story is based on a real woman‘s life, Eva Panic Nahir, a Hungarian Jew from what is now Croatia who was imprisoned in Tito‘s gulag and later emigrated to Israel with her daughter. In the book, Vera makes a decision to honor her principles and her husband‘s memory at great cost to herself and her relationship with her daughter.

Comics journalist Joe Sacco criticizes American complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza powerfully and without compromise. The images are so distressing that I won‘t show examples here on Litsy. The instalments collected in this volume are available on The Comics Journal website, to see for yourself.

https://www.tcj.com/the-war-on-gaza-1-26-24/

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In May and June I added 5 books to @GatheringBooks challenge. I covered the following countries: #Palestine #Suriname #Brazil #Nigeria #Israel