Books by Barbara Yelin
“Irmina spans 1934 through to the 1980s. Yelin found a box of her grandmother’s memorabilia—photos, letters, diaries—and based the book on that woman’s life story. And it belongs to that evergreen German subgenre of ‘What did you do in the war?’ As Yelin writes in her sensitive preface, ‘What I really discovered in that box was a question — a disturbing question about how a woman could change so radically. Why would she turn into a person who did not ask questions, who looked the other way, one of the countless passive accomplices of her time?'” Read more...
The Best European Graphic Novels
Edward Gauvin, Translator
Interviews where books by Barbara Yelin were recommended
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Last of the Atlases
Fabien Vehlmann, Gwen de Bonneval, Edward Gauvin (translator) -
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The Labyrinth
by Guido Buzzelli & Jamie Richards (translator) -
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Irmina
by Barbara Yelin & Michael Waaler (translator) -
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Dirty Thirty: Thirty Years of Making a Scene
by Stripburger -
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The ABC of Typography
David Rault, Edward Gauvin (translator)
The Best European Graphic Novels, recommended by Edward Gauvin
The Best European Graphic Novels, recommended by Edward Gauvin
The European graphic novel scene has unparalleled range. From indie science fiction to historical fiction, from France to Slovenia, there’s a sheer diversity of styles, palettes, and stories on display. Fulbright-winning and Eisner-nominated translator Edward Gauvin recommends five European graphic novels that show off the continent’s best writers, artists, and writer-artists.
