Berlin, Vol. 1: City of Stones
Berlin: City of Stones presents the first part of Jason Lutes' captivating trilogy, set in the twilight years of Germany's Weimar Republic. Kurt Severing, a journalist, and Marthe Muller, an art student, are the central figures in a broad cast of characters intertwined with the historical events...
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Berlin: City of Stones presents the first part of Jason Lutes' captivating trilogy, set in the twilight years of Germany's Weimar Republic. Kurt Severing, a journalist, and Marthe Muller, an art student, are the central figures in a broad cast of characters intertwined with the historical events unfolding around them. City of Stones covers eight months in Berlin, from September 1928 to May Day, 1929, meticulously documenting the hopes and struggles of its inhabitants as their future is darkened by a glowing shadow.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781896597294 (1896597297)
Publish date: June 1st 2000
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
Pages no: 209
Edition language: English
Category:
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Art,
Politics,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Graphic Novels Comics,
Comix,
Comic Book,
Germany
Series: Berlin (#1)
I had a difficult time differentiating characters in this graphic novel. I would often have to page back and compare pictures of people to determine who I was reading about. This seriously impeded on my enjoyment of the story, which was otherwise fascinating and compelling. I sought out this book as...
It’s Berlin, in the years before World War II. We follow a group of characters—including the young art student Marthe, her friends, and a journalist named Kurt Severing—as they live their ordinary lives on what we now know is the brink of a horror. The story sprawls throughout the city, focusing on ...
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