Billy Budd, KGB, Paperback/Jerome Charyn

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• Brand: Dover Publications
• Categoria: Foreign Books
• Magazin: elefant.ro
• Ultima actualizare: 18-12-2024 01:30:59

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"Vivid and sensitive." -- Publishers Weekly. Inspired by Herman Melville\'s novella, this graphic novel recounts a gifted and na ve young man\'s recruitment by the Soviet secret service and his adventures in New York City as a spy. The tale begins in the aftermath of World War II, when a Ukrainian orphan with remarkable psychic powers is selected and trained by the KGB. Two decades later he arrives in the United States to lead a double life. Operating under the name Billy Budd, he conducts espionage while working with a construction crew that builds skyscrapers. Billy\'s rescue of a co-worker and the resulting friendship lead the agent in the direction of a spiritual existence, a previously unimaginable possibility. But can Billy escape his Soviet masters? This edition features a new English translation by author Jerome Charyn, who previously collaborated with illustrator Fran ois Boucq on the acclaimed graphic novel The Magician\'s Wife. An Introduction by Paul Pope, author and illustrator of Batman: Year 100, provides additional insights into this Cold War thriller. Suggested for mature readers. About the Author Called "a contemporary American Balzac" by New York Newsday , Jerome Charyn is the author of thirty novels, three memoirs, eight graphic novels, and other acclaimed works. Two of his memoirs were named New York Times Book of the Year, he has been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and he was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in 1983. Charyn has also received the Rosenthal Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and has been named Commander of Arts and Letters ( Ordre des Arts et des Lettres ) by the French Minister of Culture. Fran ois Boucq is a French comic book artist, best known for creating the character J r me Moucherot. He was awarded the Grand Prix de la ville d\'Angoul me in 1998.