The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

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Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
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written and illustrated by Peter Sís, and published by Farrar/Frances Foster
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The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, a graphic memoir of Sís's youth in Prague, brilliantly weds artistic and design choices to content: tight little panels with officious lines and red punctuation; full-bleed line-and-watercolor spreads of nightmares and dreams; color and absence of color.

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The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 09:58
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Thursday, October 14, 2010 - 10:21
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