Rutu Modan est une auteure dont les romans graphiques explorent des relations complexes et la psyché humaine. Son style artistique, caractérisé par un trait précis et une forte expressivité des personnages, confère à ses récits une résonance émotionnelle significative. Modan mêle avec maestria le récit visuel à une profonde compréhension des motivations humaines, créant des œuvres qui incitent à la réflexion et laissent une impression durable. Son travail aborde les thèmes de l'identité, de la mémoire et du lien humain avec une sensibilité et une perspicacité remarquables.
Nina en a assez d'entendre les reproches de ses parents sur ses manières à table. À quoi ça sert de bien se tenir ? C'est là qu'au beau milieu du repas, elle reçoit une surprenante invitation à déjeuner chez la reine d'Angleterre. Intimidée et intriguée, Nina prend l'avion, direction Buckingham Palace ! Comment va-t-elle s'en sortir pendant le banquet royal ? Une bande dessinée pleine d'humour qui secoue allègrement la bienséance, par l'auteur d'Exit Wounds.
Graphic Novel. After the death of her son, Regina Segal takes her granddaughter Mica to Warsaw, hoping to reclaim a family property lost during the Second World War. As they get to know modern Warsaw, Regina is forced to recall difficult things about her past, and Mica begins to wonder if maybe their reasons for coming are a little different than what her grandmother led her to believe. Modan offers up a world populated by prickly seniors, smart-alecky public servants, and stubborn women-a world whose realism is expressed alternately in the absurdity of people's behavior and in the complex consequences of their sacrifices. Modan's ever-present wit is articulated perfectly in her clear-line style, while a subtle, almost muted color palette complements the true-to-life nuances of her characterisation
Rutu Modan'sExit Woundswas chosen byTheTimesas one of the three best graphic novels of 2007. It won the 2008 Eisner Award for the Best New Graphic Novel and was nominated for the Angoulême Best Comic Book Prize. Jamilti and Other Storiescollects Modan's early short works: stories that range from darkly fantastical and unsettling to surprising discoveries that shape personal identity. And, as inExit Wounds, she addresses political violence affecting everyday lives.
Set in modern-day Tel Aviv, a young man,Koby Franco, receives an urgent phone call from a female soldier. Learning that his estranged father may have been a victim of a suicide bombing in Hadera, Koby reluctantly joins the soldier in searching for clues. His death would certainly explain his empty apartment and disconnected phone line. As Koby tries to unravel the mystery of his father's death, he finds himself piecing together not only the last few months of his father's life but his entire identity. With thin, precise lines and luscious watercolors, Rutu Modan creates a portrait of modern Israel, a place where sudden death mingles with the slow dissolution of family ties. Exit Wounds is the North American graphic-novel debut from one of Israel's best-known cartoonists. Modan has received several awards in Israel and abroad, including the Best Illustrated Children's Book Award from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem four times and Young Artist of the Year by the Israel Ministry of Culture. She is a chosen artist of the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation.
Diese Graphic Novel widmet sich dem Thema Migration am Besipiel einer israelischen, jüdischen Familie, deren Großmutter das erste mal seit ihrer Jugend wieder nach Polen reist und dabei von ihrer Enkeltochter begleitet wird. Rutu Modan beschreibt diese nicht ganz einfache Reise mit Einfühlungsvermögen und mit sehr viel mit Humor.
