Marzi: A Memoir Explained

Marzi: A Memoir is a comic written by Marzena Sowa and drawn by . It was originally published in French by Dupuis.

The English version is published by DC Comics/Vertigo Comics. Anjali B. Singh translated the text into English, with Joseph Howard Ketterer doing lettering.[1]

It is about the author's childhood in Cold War Poland.

The book's name is that of the main character and the story is told from her perspective.[2]

Reviews

Publishers Weekly wrote that Marzi "subtly invokes a comparison between the place of the children in society and that of the oppressed under authoritarian regimes."[3]

Dariusz Vanhonnaeker, in Slavica bruxellensia, wrote that the perspective of the character was "Perspicace et spontané" (perceptive and spontaneous).[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marzi: A Memoir. DC Comics. 2022-02-12.
  2. Book: Alfaro. Margarita. Atlas literario intercultural. Xenografías femeninas en Europa. . PT 54. 2014-12-07. 9788483593196. El telon de la representacion se abre con los ojos de Marzi, la protagonista que[...].
  3. Web site: Marzi: A Memoir . Publishers Weekly. 2022-02-12.
  4. Web site: Vanhonnaeker. Dariusz . Sylvain Savoia et Małgorzata Sowa, Marzi : 1989…. Slavica bruxellensia. fr. 2010. 5. 88-89. - Hosted by OpenEdition.org