Blood of the Virgin

Name: Blood of the Virgin
Brand: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
SKU: 01629039

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1650955Blood of the Virginhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/blood-of-the-virgin/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1405022/f24c47ac-efbf-4483-8a26-6277e60b389b.jpg?v=638338054174670000271376MXNKnopf Doubleday Publishing GroupInStock/Ebooks/A story about storytelling...Conjures up the grindhouse movie-making scene in 1970s Los Angeles and tracks an ambitious young mans flailing attempts to build a family and a career as a film arteest in that debased world...A book with a lot of heart. Art Spiegelman, bestselling author of MAUSFourteen years in the making, renowned and beloved graphic novelist Sammy Harkham finally delivers his epic story of artistic ambition, the heartbreak it can bring, and what it means to be humanYOU CAN BURN IN HELLSet primarily in Los Angeles in 1971, Blood of the Virgin is the story of twenty-seven-year-old Seymour, an Iraqi Jewish immigrant film editor who works for an exploitation film production company. Sammy Harkham brings us into the underbelly of Los Angeles during a crucial evolutionary moment in the industry from the last wheeze of the studio system to the rise of independent filmmaking.Seymour, his wife, and their new baby struggle as he tries to make it in the movie business, writing screenplays on spec and pining for the chance to direct. When his boss buys one of his scripts for a project called Blood of the Virgin and gives Seymour the chance to direct it, what follows is a surreal, tragicomic making-of journey. As Seymours blind ambition propels the movie, his home life grows increasingly fraught. The films production becomes a means to spiral out into time and space, resulting in an epic graphic novel that explores the intersection of twentieth-century America, parenthood, sex, the immigrant experience, the dawn of early Hollywood, and, shockingly, the Holocaust.Like a cosmic kaleidoscope, Blood of the Virgin shifts and evolves with each panel, widening its context as the story unfolds, building an intricate web of dreams and heartbreak, allowing the reader to zoom in to the novels core: the bittersweet cost of coming into ones own....1629039Blood of the Virgin271376https://www.gandhi.com.mx/blood-of-the-virgin/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1405022/f24c47ac-efbf-4483-8a26-6277e60b389b.jpg?v=638338054174670000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20239780593316702_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9780593316702_After fourteen years, renowned and beloved graphic novelist Sammy Harkham finally delivers his epic story of artistic ambition, the heartbreak it can bring, and what it means to be humanSet in and around 1971 in Los Angeles, Blood of the Virgin follows an immigrant film editor named Seymour who is desperate to make his own movies. Without money or clout, he has no choice but to spend his days slumming it for the worst and most exploitative production company in town. When Seymour is given the chance to make a film of his own, his unbending principles and relentless drive violently clash with an industry that rewards everything but these traits. As Seymours blind ambition pushes the movie along, his home life grows increasingly fraught. Using the films production as a means to spiral out into time and space, Harkham creates an epic novel that explores the intersection of parenthood, 20th-century America, sex, the immigrant experience, and the era of grindhouse movies. Like a kaleidoscope, Blood of the Virgin shifts and evolves with each frame, allowing the reader to zoom out and see that at its core, this book is about the making of a man....(*_*)9780593316702_A story about storytelling...Conjures up the grindhouse movie-making scene in 1970s Los Angeles and tracks an ambitious young mans flailing attempts to build a family and a career as a film arteest in that debased world...A book with a lot of heart. Art Spiegelman, bestselling author of MAUSFourteen years in the making, renowned and beloved graphic novelist Sammy Harkham finally delivers his epic story of artistic ambition, the heartbreak it can bring, and what it means to be humanYOU CAN BURN IN HELLSet primarily in Los Angeles in 1971, Blood of the Virgin is the story of twenty-seven-year-old Seymour, an Iraqi Jewish immigrant film editor who works for an exploitation film production company. Sammy Harkham brings us into the underbelly of Los Angeles during a crucial evolutionary moment in the industry from the last wheeze of the studio system to the rise of independent filmmaking.Seymour, his wife, and their new baby struggle as he tries to make it in the movie business, writing screenplays on spec and pining for the chance to direct. When his boss buys one of his scripts for a project called Blood of the Virgin and gives Seymour the chance to direct it, what follows is a surreal, tragicomic making-of journey. As Seymours blind ambition propels the movie, his home life grows increasingly fraught. The films production becomes a means to spiral out into time and space, resulting in an epic graphic novel that explores the intersection of twentieth-century America, parenthood, sex, the immigrant experience, the dawn of early Hollywood, and, shockingly, the Holocaust.Like a cosmic kaleidoscope, Blood of the Virgin shifts and evolves with each panel, widening its context as the story unfolds, building an intricate web of dreams and heartbreak, allowing the reader to zoom in to the novels core: the bittersweet cost of coming into ones own....9780593316702_Knopf Doubleday Publishing Grouplibro_electonico_e2f1cb60-6404-3937-9b20-3ad6b251de7b_9780593316702;9780593316702_9780593316702Sammy HarkhamInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/RandomHouse-epub-2e543b50-a44f-46da-8394-c50d94f60b48.epub2023-05-02T00:00:00+00:00Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group