Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me
In Pekar’s final memoir, he recounts the entire history of the Jews to explain how he lost his faith in the state of Israel. Pekar grew up a staunch supporter of the Jewish state, but as he became older he confronted more and more questions his parents couldn’t answer.
Description
In Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me, one of the final graphic memoirs from the man who defined the genre, Harvey Pekar explores what it means to be Jewish and what Israel means to the Jews. Pekar’s mother was a Zionist by way of politics, his father by way of faith, and he inevitably grew up a staunch supporter of Israel. But as he became attuned to the wider world, Pekar began to question his parents’ most fundamental beliefs.
This book is the full account of that questioning. Over the course of a single day in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, Pekar and the illustrator JT Waldman wrestle with the mythologies passed down to them, weaving a personal and historical odyssey of uncommon wit and power. With an epilogue written by Joyce Brabner, Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me is an essential book for fans of Harvey Pekar and anyone interested in the past and future of the Jewish state.Product Details
- Publisher
- St. Martins Press-3PL
- Publish Date
- July 1, 2014
- Pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN-13
- 9780809074044
- ISBN-10
- 0809074044
- Dimensions
- 8.7 × 5.8 × 0.5 in
- Weight
- 0.61 lbs
- Sold by
- Ingram
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