Replay : memoir of an uprooted family
Mechner, Jordan2024
Book
In this intergenerational graphic memoir, renowned video game designer Jordan Mechner traces his family's journey through war, Nazi occupation, and everyday marital strife. 1914. A teenage romantic heads to the enlistment office when his idyllic life in a Jewish enclave of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is shattered by World War I. 1938. A seven-year-old refugee begins a desperate odyssey through France, struggling to outrun the rapidly expanding Nazi regime and reunite with his family on the other side of the Atlantic. 2015. The creator of a world-famous video game franchise weighs the costs of uprooting his family and moving to France as the cracks in his marriage begin to grow.
Main title:
Replay : memoir of an uprooted family / Jordan Mechner ; [edited by Mark Siegel and Tess Banta].
Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
New York : First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press, 2024.
Collation:
317 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"Previously published in French under the title Replay: Mémoires d'une famille."
ISBN:
9781250873750 (hbk)1250873754 (hbk)
Dewey class:
741.5
Language:
English
Subject:
Mechner, Jordan -- Comic books, strips, etcHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives -- Comic books, strips, etcHolocaust survivors -- Ukraine -- Chernivt︠s︡i -- Comic books, strips, etcWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Jews -- Comic books, strips, etcWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Comic books, strips, etcJewish refugees -- Cuba -- Comic books, strips, etcJews -- History -- Comic books, strips, etcVideo game designers -- Comic books, strips, etcFamilies -- Comic books, strips, etcGraphic novelsAutobiographical comicsBiographical comicsComics (Graphic works)
BRN:
807988
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | Graphic Novel | GRA MECH | On loan - Due: 16 Jul 2026 |