TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kurzweil,Amy
TI  - Flying couch: a graphic memoir
SN  - 9781936787289
AV  - PN6727.K89 
U1  - 741.5/973B 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Catapult/Black Balloon
KW  - Amy, Kurzweil
KW  - Cartoonists
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc
KW  - Jewish women
KW  - Family relationships
KW  - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
KW  - Class of Fall 2021
KW  - Class of Fall 2020
KW  - Dirk Ippen Fellow
KW  - Fellow
KW  - Graphic novels
KW  - Comic
KW  - gnd-content
N2  - Flying Couch, Amy Kurzweil's debut, tells the stories of three unforgettable women. Amy weaves her own coming-of-age as a young Jewish artist into the narrative of her mother, a therapist, and Bubbe, her grandmother, a World War II survivor who escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto by disguising herself as a gentile. Captivated by Bubbe's story, Amy turns to her sketchbooks, teaching herself to draw as a way to cope with what she discovers. Entwining the voices and histories of these three wise, hilarious, and very different women, Amy creates a portrait not only of what it means to be part of a family, but also of how each generation bears the imprint of the past. A retelling of the inherited Holocaust narrative now two generations removed, Flying Couch uses Bubbe's real testimony to investigate the legacy of trauma, the magic of family stories, and the meaning of home. With her playful, idiosyncratic sensibility, Amy traces the way our memories and our families shape who we become. The result is this bold illustrated memoir, both an original coming-of-age story and an important entry into the literature of the Holocaust
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