A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge - Josh Neufeld

Descriere A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge - Josh Neufeld

A stunning New York Times-bestselling graphic novel that makes plain both the undeniable horrors and humanitarianism triggered by Hurricane Katrina. A.D. follows six New Orleanians from the hours before Katrina strikes to its aftermath. \nNow in paperback, The New York Times best-selling graphic nonfiction masterpiece depicting the lives of seven New Orleanians before, during, and just after Hurricane Katrina. \n \nBest American Comics, 2010 \nMother Jones Top Books of 2009 \nDaily Beast Recommends \nNew York Best Comics of 2009, Runner Up \nMTV.com Best Nonfiction Comic of 2009 \nSan Francisco Chronicle Best in Comics \nA.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge is a masterful portrait of a city under siege. Cartoonist Josh Neufeld depicts seven extraordinary true stories of survival in the days leading up to and following Hurricane Katrina. \n \nHere we meet Denise, a counselor and social worker, and a sixth-generation New Orleanian; The Doctor, a proud fixture of the French Quarter; Abbas and Darnell, two friends who face the storm from Abbas' s family-run market; Kwame, a pastor's son just entering his senior year of high school; and the young couple Leo and Michelle, who both grew up in the city. Each is forced to confront the same wrenching decision-whether to stay or to flee. \n \nAs beautiful as it is poignant, A.D. presents a city in chaos and shines a bright, profoundly human light on the tragedies and triumphs that took place within it.\n

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Pantheon Books

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ENSTK

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9780375714887

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1

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